anemia vs pernicious anemia

pernicious anemia vs anemia

anemia and pernicious anemia both are nouns.

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

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

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