anaemia vs microcytic anemia

microcytic anemia vs anaemia

anaemia and microcytic anemia both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
anaemia	Yes	No	No	No
microcytic anemia	Yes	No	No	No

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

anaemia: a deficiency of red blood cells
microcytic anemia: anemia in which the average size of erythrocytes is smaller than normal

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 anaemia, iron deficiency anemia, ischaemia, ischemia, macrocytic anaemia, macrocytic anemia, microcytic anaemia, 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)	microcytic anemia (noun)
a deficiency of red blood cells	anemia in which the average size of erythrocytes is smaller than normal
a lack of vitality

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