anemia vs aplastic anemia

aplastic anemia vs anemia

anemia and aplastic anemia both are nouns.

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

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

anemia: a deficiency of red blood cells
aplastic anemia: 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 anaemia, 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 anemia (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 anemia

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