Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun malignant_anemia

1 sense of malignant anemia

Sense 1
pernicious anemia, pernicious anaemia, malignant anemia, malignant anaemia -- (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))
       => anemia, anaemia -- (a deficiency of red blood cells)