pernicious anaemia

British  

noun

1. a form of anaemia characterized by lesions of the spinal cord, weakness, sore tongue, numbness in the arms and legs, diarrhoea, etc: associated with inadequate absorption of vitamin B 12

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Example Sentences

In fact, I was threatened with pernicious anaemia.

From Time Magazine Archive

I told them the girl had had every attention, and that she died of pernicious anaemia.

From The Power and the Glory by Keller, Arthur Ignatius

It is the routine treatment for pernicious anaemia and Hodgkin’s disease, though here again the drug may be of no avail.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 6 "Armour Plates" to "Arundel, Earls of" by Various

Thus, where dysaemia produces only general debility, we call it anaemia, which may gradually become destructive and develop into "pernicious" anaemia.

From Valere Aude Dare to Be Healthy, Or, The Light of Physical Regeneration by Dechmann, Louis

Other less common causes of ascites are chronic peritonitis, either tuberculous in the young, or due to cancer in the aged, and more rarely still pernicious anaemia.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" by Various