acanthocytosis vs blood disease

acanthocytosis and blood disease both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
acanthocytosis	Yes	No	No	No
blood disease	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, blood disease is a hypernym of acanthocytosis; that is, blood disease is a word with a broader meaning than acanthocytosis:

acanthocytosis: the presence of acanthocytes in the blood stream (as in abetalipoproteinemia)
blood disease: a disease or disorder of the blood

Other hypernyms of acanthocytosis include blood disorder.

acanthocytosis (noun)	blood disease (noun)
the presence of acanthocytes in the blood stream (as in abetalipoproteinemia)	a disease or disorder of the blood