anemia vs refractory anemia

refractory anemia vs anemia

anemia and refractory anemia both are nouns.

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

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

anemia: a deficiency of red blood cells
refractory anemia: any of various anemic conditions that are not successfully treated by any means other than blood transfusions (and that are not associated with another primary disease)

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, pernicious anemia, refractory anaemia, crescent-cell anaemia, crescent-cell anemia, drepanocytic anaemia, drepanocytic anemia, sickle-cell anaemia, sickle-cell anemia, sickle-cell disease.

anemia (noun)	refractory anemia (noun)
a deficiency of red blood cells	any of various anemic conditions that are not successfully treated by any means other than blood transfusions (and that are not associated with another primary disease)
a lack of vitality

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