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Noun: megaloblastic anaemia
Usage: Brit, Cdn (US: megaloblastic anemia)
  1. Anaemia characterized by many large immature and dysfunctional red blood cells (megaloblasts) in the bone marrow; associated with pernicious anaemia
    "Folate deficiency can also cause megaloblastic anaemia";
    - megaloblastic anemia [N. Amer]

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

Encyclopedia: Megaloblastic anaemia