REFRACTORY ANEMIA
Dictionary entry overview: What does refractory anemia mean? • REFRACTORY ANEMIA (noun)
The noun REFRACTORY ANEMIA has 1 sense:
1. any of various anemic conditions that are not successfully treated by any means other than blood transfusions (and that are not associated with another primary disease)
Familiarity information: REFRACTORY ANEMIA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• REFRACTORY ANEMIA (noun)
Meaning:
Any of various anemic conditions that are not successfully treated by any means other than blood transfusions (and that are not associated with another primary disease)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
refractory anaemia; refractory anemia
Hypernyms ("refractory anemia" is a kind of...):
anaemia; anemia (a deficiency of red blood cells)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "refractory anemia"):
sideroblastic anaemia; sideroblastic anemia; siderochrestic anaemia; siderochrestic anemia (refractory anemia characterized by sideroblasts in the bone marrow)
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