anemia vs aplastic anaemia

aplastic anaemia vs anemia

anemia and aplastic anaemia both are nouns.

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

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

anemia: a deficiency of red blood cells
aplastic anaemia: anemia characterized by pancytopenia resulting from failure of the bone marrow; can be caused by neoplasm or by toxic exposure

Other hyponyms of anemia include 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, 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.

anemia (noun)	aplastic anaemia (noun)
a deficiency of red blood cells	anemia characterized by pancytopenia resulting from failure of the bone marrow; can be caused by neoplasm or by toxic exposure
a lack of vitality

Difference between anemia and aplastic anaemia

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