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

1 sense of megaloblastic anaemia

Sense 1
megaloblastic anemia, megaloblastic anaemia -- (anemia characterized by many large immature and dysfunctional red blood cells (megaloblasts) in the bone marrow; associated with pernicious anemia)
       => 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))