macrocytic anemia
- noun
- /ˌmækroʊˈsɪtɪk əˈniːmiə/
- Specialized
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anemia macrocítica
- Vitamin B12 deficiency is a common cause of macrocytic anemia in adults.
Examples
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Patients with macrocytic anemia often experience fatigue.
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Treatment of macrocytic anemia often involves addressing the underlying nutritional deficiencies.
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The doctor diagnosed her with macrocytic anemia after reviewing her blood tests.
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The doctor diagnosed her with macrocytic anemia last week.
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The doctor diagnosed her with macrocytic anemia after reviewing her blood tests.
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Vitamin B12 deficiency is a common cause of macrocytic anemia in adults.
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Treatment of macrocytic anemia often involves addressing the underlying nutritional deficiencies.
Synonyms
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A blood problem with very large, not fully grown red blood cells caused by low vitamin B12 or folic acid
How Large
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The noun phrase is compositionally transparent: 'macrocytic' specifies the type of 'anemia', so knowing 'macrocytic' (large red blood cells) and 'anemia' (low red blood cells) directly yields the meaning 'anemia with unusually large red blood cells'. This adjective+noun medical pattern is regular and cross-linguistically common, so a learner who knows the constituents would understand the term.
Etymology
Macrocytic anemia comes from its parts: macro means 'large' and cytic means 'cell'. So it describes 'anemia' where the red blood cells are larger than normal, which is why it means 'anemia with unusually large red blood cells'.