achrestic anemia

noun

achres·​tic anemia

ə-ˈkre-stik-

: chronic progressive macrocytic anemia characterized by a refractoriness to liver therapy

Word History

Etymology

a- + Greek chrēstikos knowing how to use, understanding the use of; from the hypothesis that the body of a sufferer from this disease is unable to use the antianemic principle contained in the body

First Known Use

1942, in the meaning defined above

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