| Definition/Meaning | Word/Phrase |
|---|
| B vitamin that is used to treat pernicious anemia |
antipernicious anemia factor
,
cobalamin
,
cyanocobalamin
,
vitamin B12
|
| European thistle naturalized in United States and Canada where it is a pernicious weed |
Canada thistle
,
Cirsium arvense
,
creeping thistle
|
| pernicious and malign influence that is hard to get rid of |
canker
,
pestilence
|
| persistent gastritis can be a symptom of a gastric ulcer or pernicious anemia or stomach cancer or other disorders |
chronic gastritis
|
| glossitis with atrophy of tongue tissue; sometimes accompanies pernicious anemia |
chronic glossitis
|
| abnormally large red blood cell (associated with pernicious anemia) |
macrocyte
,
megalocyte
|
| abnormally large red blood cell present in pernicious anemia and folic acid deficiency |
megaloblast
|
| anemia characterized by many large immature and dysfunctional red blood cells (megaloblasts) in the bone marrow; associated with pernicious anemia |
megaloblastic anaemia
,
megaloblastic anemia
|
| pernicious anemia in which the various formed elements in the blood are changed |
metaplastic anaemia
,
metaplastic anemia
|
