sideroblastic anemia
- noun
- /ˌsaɪdərəˈblæstɪk əˈniːmiə/
- Specialized
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anemia sideroblástica
- The presence of ringed sideroblasts is a hallmark of sideroblastic anemia.
Examples
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Patients with sideroblastic anemia often experience fatigue.
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Patients with sideroblastic anemia often require regular blood transfusions to manage their condition.
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A diagnosis of sideroblastic anemia was made after reviewing the bone marrow biopsy.
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The doctor diagnosed her with sideroblastic anemia last week.
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A diagnosis of sideroblastic anemia was made after reviewing the bone marrow biopsy.
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Patients with sideroblastic anemia often require regular blood transfusions to manage their condition.
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The presence of ringed sideroblasts is a hallmark of sideroblastic anemia.
Synonyms
A long-lasting blood condition with too few red cells and iron-rich bone marrow cells
How Severe
Surface Forms
Morphology
sideroblastic + anemia
The compound contains the highly technical adjective 'sideroblastic' (not a common lexical item) whose meaning depends on specialized Greek/medical morphemes; an average B1 learner who only knows 'anemia' would not be able to derive the specific biomedical sense (iron-laden, abnormal precursors) from the constituents. While the parts are analyzable by specialists, the term is domain-specific and unpredictable for general learners, so it is not transparently interpretable.
Etymology
Sideroblastic anemia comes from old Greek parts: sidero- meaning 'iron' and -blastic meaning 'young cell', giving the image of iron stuck in young blood cells. That's why it describes a condition where iron builds up in young red cells in the bone marrow so they cannot become healthy cells, causing 'anemia' or too few good red blood cells.