Definition of Malignant anemia

1. Noun. 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).


Lexicographical Neighbors of Malignant Anemia

malicious gossip
malicious mischief
malicious prosecution
maliciously
maliciousness
maliciousnesses
maliferous
malign
malignance
malignances
malignancies
malignancy
malignancy and immunodeficiency
malignant
malignant anaemia
malignant anemia (current term)
malignant carcinoid syndrome
malignant catarrh
malignant catarrh of cattle
malignant catarrhal fever
malignant catarrhal fever virus
malignant ciliary epithelioma
malignant dysentery
malignant dyskeratosis
malignant endocarditis
malignant exophthalmos
malignant fibrous histiocytoma
malignant giant cell tumour
malignant glaucoma
malignant granuloma

Literary usage of Malignant anemia

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Text-book of the Practice of Medicine by Allen Corson Cowperthwaite, N. B. Delamater (1901)
"Progressive Pernicious Anemia, Idiopathic Anemia, Essential Anemia, Malignant Anemia. Definition A grave form of anemia, progressive in its character and ..."

2. Modern methods in nursing by Georgiana Jane Sanders (1922)
"... known as pernicious or malignant anemia, is characterized by a lemon hue of the skin and nur membranes, the eyes remaining clear. ..."

3. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"EMIA, malignant anemia, IDIOPATHIC AN.EMIA, ESSENTAL ANAEMIA, etc.), a severe blood-disease, a progressive and usually fatal form of ..."

4. Cancer of the Stomach: A Clinical Study of 921 Operatively and by Frank Smithies, Albert John Ochsner (1916)
"There are many cases of malignant anemia in which ordinary drugs are of little value. In such cases if the stool examination reveals the constant presence ..."

5. Memories of a Musical Career by Clara Kathleen Rogers (1919)
"... that and want of proper food caused malignant anemia to set in. The good Anna had taken pity on her, sharing her humble fare with the poor girl and ..."

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