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Noun: aplastic anaemia
Usage: Brit, Cdn (US: aplastic anemia)
  1. Anaemia characterized by pancytopenia resulting from failure of the bone marrow; can be caused by neoplasm or by toxic exposure
    "The patient's aplastic anaemia was suspected to be caused by exposure to radiation";
    - aplastic anemia [N. Amer]

Type of: anaemia [Brit, Cdn], anemia [N. Amer]

Encyclopedia: Aplastic anaemia