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Definition of Pernicious 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).

Definition of Pernicious anemia

1. Noun. (pathology) A severe form of anemia caused by vitamin B₁₂ insufficiency. ¹

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Literary usage of Pernicious anemia

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

1. Proceedings by Philadelphia County Medical Society (1896)
"THE TREATMENT OF pernicious anemia. ALFRED STENGEL, MD [Read April 8, 189C..J Two years ago I had the honor of reading before the Society a paper on the ..."

2. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1919)
"A careful review of the subject, however, reveals that many of our pet views concerning pernicious anemia rest on a foundation that is indeed insecure; ..."

3. The Medical Clinics of North America by Michael C. Fiore, Stephen S. Entman, Charles B. Rush (1922)
"CONNIE M. GUION NEW YORK INFIRMARY FOR WOMEN AND CHILDREN A TYPICAL CASE OF pernicious anemia THIS patient presents a classical picture of pernicious anemia ..."

4. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by American Neurological Association, Philadelphia Neurological Society, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association, Boston Society of Psychiatry and Neurology (1915)
"... a frequent clinical entity in pernicious anemia, and although mentality is rarely impaired, psychical phenomena of varying intensity have been observed. ..."

5. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by Philadelphia Neurological Society, American Neurological Association, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association (1915)
"... a frequent clinical entity in pernicious anemia, and although mentality is rarely impaired, psychical phenomena of varying intensity have been observed. ..."

6. Special pathology and therapeutics of the diseases of domestic animals v. 2 by Ferenc Hutyra (1912)
"By the name of progressive pernicious anemia is designated in human medicine a severe and gradually progressing anemia, with the appearance of ..."

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