Search Result for "pernicious anaemia":
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a chronic progressive anemia of older adults; thought to result from a lack of intrinsic factor (a substance secreted by the stomach that is responsible for the absorption of vitamin B12);
[syn: pernicious anemia, pernicious anaemia, malignant anemia, malignant anaemia]



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

pernicious anaemia
    n 1: a chronic progressive anemia of older adults; thought to
         result from a lack of intrinsic factor (a substance
         secreted by the stomach that is responsible for the
         absorption of vitamin B12) [syn: pernicious anemia,
         pernicious anaemia, malignant anemia, malignant
         anaemia]