Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
pernicious anaemia
noun
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ In association with endocrine cell hyperplasia, gastric carcinoid tumours have been observed in 1-7% of pernicious anaemia patients screened by gastroscopy.
▪ In this study we evaluated the findings of follow up gastroscopies performed three years after primary gastroscopic screening of pernicious anaemia patients.
▪ It has long been known that pernicious anaemia predisposes to development of gastric adenocarcinoma.
▪ More recent findings indicate that hypergastrinaemia associated with pernicious anaemia leads to hyperplasia of fundic endocrine cells.
▪ Similar findings were also reported by Sjöblom etal studying patients with pernicious anaemia.
▪ The need for gastroscopic follow up of pernicious anaemia patients is therefore still debated.
▪ These patients had been treated earlier for pernicious anaemia in the same hospital between 1972 and 1985.
▪ These patients were characterised by an early onset and long duration of pernicious anaemia.
Wiktionary
pernicious anaemia
n. (alternative spelling of pernicious anemia English)
WordNet
pernicious anaemia
n. 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, malignant anemia, malignant anaemia]
Usage examples of "pernicious anaemia".
Deficiency symptoms: pernicious anaemia, irritability and states of nervous collapse.
Even if some Romanian doctor had got there before we torched the place, it would have seemed 'obvious' that the children had been suffering from some form of pernicious anaemia.
He looked like a walking example of successful pernicious anaemia.