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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A severe anemia most often affecting older adults, caused by failure of the stomach to absorb vitamin B12 and marked by a decrease in number and an increase in the size of red blood cells, by gastrointestinal disturbances, and by lesions of the spinal cord.
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- noun pathology A
severe form ofanemia caused byvitamin B12insufficiency .
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- noun a chronic progressive anemia of older adults; thought to result from a lack of intrinsic factor (a substance secreted by the stomach that is responsible for the absorption of vitamin B12)
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