anaemia vs iron deficiency anaemia

iron deficiency anaemia vs anaemia

anaemia and iron deficiency anaemia both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
anaemia	Yes	No	No	No
iron deficiency anaemia	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, iron deficiency anaemia is a hyponym of anaemia; that is, iron deficiency anaemia is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than anaemia:

anaemia: a deficiency of red blood cells
iron deficiency anaemia: a form of anemia due to lack of iron in the diet or to iron loss as a result of chronic bleeding

Other hyponyms of anaemia include aplastic anaemia, aplastic anemia, erythroblastosis fetalis, congenital pancytopenia, Fanconi's anaemia, Fanconi's anemia, favism, haemolytic anaemia, hemolytic anemia, hyperchromic anaemia, hyperchromic anemia, hypochromic anaemia, hypochromic anemia, hypoplastic anaemia, hypoplastic anemia, iron deficiency anemia, ischaemia, ischemia, macrocytic anaemia, macrocytic anemia, microcytic anaemia, microcytic anemia, malignant anaemia, malignant anemia, pernicious anaemia, pernicious anemia, refractory anaemia, refractory anemia, crescent-cell anaemia, crescent-cell anemia, drepanocytic anaemia, drepanocytic anemia, sickle-cell anaemia, sickle-cell anemia, sickle-cell disease.

anaemia (noun)	iron deficiency anaemia (noun)
a deficiency of red blood cells	a form of anemia due to lack of iron in the diet or to iron loss as a result of chronic bleeding
a lack of vitality

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