💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Iron deficiency anemia"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| microcytic anemia | Microcytic anaemia is any of several types of anemia characterized by smaller than normal red blood cells (called microcytes). |
| macrocytic anemia | a class of anemia characterized by the presence of predominantly larger-than-normal red blood cells (RBC, also known as erythrocytes) accompanied by low numbers of RBC and often also with insufficient hemoglobin content per cell. |
| hemolytic anemia | Hemolytic anemia or haemolytic anaemia is a form of anemia due to hemolysis, the abnormal breakdown of red blood cells (RBCs), either in the blood vessels (intravascular hemolysis) or elsewhere in the human body (extravascular). |
| anaemianoun | (Commonwealth) Alternative spelling of anemia. [(American spelling, uncountable, pathology) A medical condition in which the capacity of the blood to transport oxygen to the tissues is reduced, either because of too few red blood cells, or because of too little hemoglobin, resulting in pallor and fatigue.] |
| hypoplastic anemianoun | anemia resulting from inadequately functioning bone marrow; can develop into aplastic anemia |
| deficiency diseasenoun | Malnutrition caused by absence from the diet of a vitamin, mineral, etc. |
| hypophosphatemianoun | (medicine) An electrolyte disturbance in which there is an abnormally low level of phosphate in the blood, most commonly seen when malnourished patients are given large amounts of carbohydrates, creating a high phosphorus demand in the cells of the body. |
| aplastic anemianoun | (pathology, hematology) A rare disease in which the bone marrow and the hematopoietic stem cells that reside there are damaged, causing pancytopenia. |
| afibrinogenemianoun | (medicine) A blood disorder in which the blood does not clot normally due to a lack of, or a malfunction involving, fibrinogen. |
| megaloblastic anemia | a type of macrocytic anemia. |
| immunodeficiencynoun | A depletion in the body's natural immune system, or in some component of it. |
| pernicious anaemianoun | (Commonwealth) Alternative spelling of pernicious anemia. [(biology, medicine) A severe form of anemia caused by vitamin B₁₂ insufficiency.] |
| malnutritionnoun | A lack of adequate nourishment. |
| pernicious anemianoun | (biology, medicine) A severe form of anemia caused by vitamin B₁₂ insufficiency. |
| undernutritionnoun | Inadequate nutrition, either due to a lack of food, or to the inability of the body to absorb its nutrients. |
| hypovitaminosisnoun | (biology, medicine) vitamin deficiency: insufficiency of one or more essential vitamins in the body. Specific forms are labeled with the vitamin identifier: hypovitaminosis A, hypovitaminosis D, and so on, although those forms are more often called vitamin A deficiency, vitamin D deficiency, and so on. |
| acidemianoun | Alternative form of acidaemia. [(medicine) a medical condition marked by an abnormally high concentration of hydrogen ions in a person's blood] |
| thrombocytopenianoun | (hematology) An abnormally low number of platelets in the blood. |
| hypomagnesemianoun | (biology, medicine) The condition of having an abnormally low concentration of magnesium (Mg) ions in the blood (below the reference range). |
| anoxaemianoun | (medicine) Critical lack of oxygen in blood; severe hypoxaemia. |
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