anemia vs pernicious anaemia

pernicious anaemia vs anemia

anemia and pernicious anaemia both are nouns.

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

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

anemia: a deficiency of red blood cells
pernicious anaemia: a chronic progressive anemia of older adults; thought to result from a lack of intrinsic factor (a substance secreted by the stomach that is responsible for the absorption of vitamin B12)

Other hyponyms of anemia 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, microcytic anemia, malignant anaemia, malignant anemia, 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)	pernicious anaemia (noun)
a deficiency of red blood cells	a chronic progressive anemia of older adults; thought to result from a lack of intrinsic factor (a substance secreted by the stomach that is responsible for the absorption of vitamin B12)
a lack of vitality

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