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Definition of Pernicious anaemia

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 anaemia

1. Noun. (alternative spelling of pernicious anemia) ¹

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Medical Definition of Pernicious anaemia

1. A form of anaemia (low red blood cell counts) that results when the bone marrow fails to produce adequate numbers of red blood cells due to a deficiency in vitamin B12. Intrinsic factor, necessary for normal B12 absorption, may be the underlying cause for B12 deficiency if is not produced in the gastric glands (in the stomach). Origin: Gr. Haima = blood (27 Sep 1997)

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Literary usage of Pernicious anaemia

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

1. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1890)
"The coincidence of febrile reaction and of embolisms in pernicious anaemia may give rise to errors in diagnosis. Thus there are cases of ulcerative ..."

2. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by Philadelphia Neurological Society, American Neurological Association, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association (1897)
"TK (Medullary Lesions in pernicious anaemia), E. LeNoble (Revue de Medicine, 1897, p. 425). ... pernicious anaemia."

3. The Principles and Practice of Medicine: Designed for the Use of by William Osler (1912)
"... the corpuscles may be extremely irregular in size and shape—poikilocytosis, which may occasionally be as marked as in some cases of pernicious anaemia. ..."

4. The Practitioner by Gale Group, ProQuest Information and Learning Company (1893)
"(Rev. de. Mid., vol. i.,'p. 177-198, 1893.) pernicious anaemia. ... As regards the urine, its chief character in pernicious anaemia is its dark colour, ..."

5. Medical Record by George Frederick Shrady, Thomas Lathrop Stedman (1896)
"While very acute cases of pernicious anaemia had been recorded, ... As evidence of the excessive destruction of red blood cells in pernicious anaemia, ..."

6. Transactions of the Association of American Physicians by Association of American Physicians (1891)
"THE PATHOLOGY OF pernicious anaemia. BY JP CROZER GRIFFITH, MD, CLINICAL PROFESSOR OF DISEASES OF CHILDREN IN THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA. ..."

7. The Journal of Experimental Medicine by Rockefeller University, Rockefeller Institute, Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research (1905)
"Some regard such evidence as demonstrating the lack of specific quality in the changes commonly regarded as pathognomonic of primary pernicious anaemia. ..."

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