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Definition of Hyperchromic anaemia

1. Noun. Anemia characterized by an increase in the concentration of corpuscular hemoglobin.

Medical Definition of Hyperchromic anaemia

1. A type of anaemia which results when the body lacks sufficient vitamin B and the resulting red blood cells are thicker than normal, appearing more deeply coloured. Origin: Gr. Haima = blood (11 Jan 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hyperchromic Anaemia

Literary usage of Hyperchromic anaemia

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

1. The Biology of the Blood-cells with a Glossary of Hæmatological Terms: For by Oskar Cameron Gruner (1914)
"A cancerous anaemia is thus 98 per cent simple anaemia + 2 per cent hyperchromic anaemia. Progressive pernicious anaemia is 98 per cent hyperchromic anaemia ..."

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