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鉄芽球性貧血 (てつがきゅうせいひんけつ) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

鉄てつ芽が球きゅう性せい貧ひん血けつ

Meanings

1

noun

sideroblastic anemia

Medical term for a type of anemia where the bone marrow produces ringed sideroblasts instead of healthy red blood cells.

鉄てつ芽が球きゅう性せい貧ひん血けつは、骨こつ髄ずい異い形けい成せい症しょう候こう群ぐんの一いち型がたとして分ぶん類るいされることがあります。
Sideroblastic anemia is sometimes classified as a type of myelodysplastic syndrome.

Kanji

鉄iron
芽bud, sprout, spear
球ball, sphere
性

sex, gender, nature

貧poverty, poor

血blood

Similar words

貧ひん血けつ
General term for anemia; 鉄芽球性貧血 is a specific subtype.
鉄てつ欠けつ乏ぼう性せい貧ひん血けつ
Iron-deficiency anemia, a different type of anemia caused by lack of iron, not by sideroblast formation.

Etymology

Compound of 鉄芽球 (sideroblast) + 性 (-ic) + 貧血 (anemia). The term is a direct medical translation.