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pernicious anemia

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.69 in modern English

Syllables
per-ni-cious ane-mia
IPA
22
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
4
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A severe form of anemia caused by vitamin B₁₂ insufficiency.

Countable; Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

pernicious anemias (plural) pernicious anaemia (alternative, Commonwealth) pernicious anæmia (alternative, dated)

Synonyms

Addison's anemia Biermer's anemia pernicious anaemia malignant anemia malignant anaemia

Questions

What does pernicious anemia mean?
A severe form of anemia caused by vitamin B₁₂ insufficiency.

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