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

1 sense of metaplastic anemia

Sense 1
metaplastic anemia, metaplastic anaemia -- (pernicious anemia in which the various formed elements in the blood are changed)
       => 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))