pernicious
31pernicious anaemia — a form of anaemia resulting from deficiency of vitamin B12. This in turn results either from failure to produce the substance (intrinsic factor) that facilitates absorption of B12 from the bowel or from dietary deficiency of the vitamin.… …
32pernicious anemia — see pernicious anaemia …
33pernicious anaemia — a form of anaemia resulting from deficiency of vitamin B12. This in turn results either from failure to produce the substance (intrinsic factor) that facilitates absorption of B12 from the bowel or from dietary deficiency of the vitamin.… …
34pernicious anemia — 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) • Syn: ↑pernicious anaemia, ↑malignant anemia,… …
35pernicious — Synonyms and related words: baleful, baneful, brutal, corroding, corrosive, corrupting, corruptive, counterproductive, damaging, deadly, death bringing, deathful, deathly, deleterious, destructive, detrimental, devastating, disadvantageous,… …
36pernicious — per|ni|cious [ pər nıʃəs ] adjective FORMAL very dangerous or harmful, especially to someone s moral character …
37pernicious — per·ni·cious || pÉ™r nɪʃəs /pÉ™ adj. malignant; damaging, harmful, injurious; destructive; deadly, fatal …
38pernicious — [pə nɪʃəs] adjective having a harmful effect, especially in a gradual or subtle way. Derivatives perniciously adverb perniciousness noun Origin ME: from L. perniciosus destructive , from pernicies ruin , based on nex, nec death …
39pernicious — a. 1. Hurtful, harmful, deleterious, injurious, detrimental, baneful, baleful, prejudicial, noxious, noisome, mischievous, damaging, disadvantageous, destructive, ruinous, fatal, deadly, malign. 2. Malicious, wicked, evil hearted, malignant,… …
40pernicious — adj 1. ruinous, destructive, damaging, fell, baleful; injurious, hurtful, harmful, baneful, dangerous, bad; deleterious, detrimental, unwholesome, insalubrious, nocuous. 2. lethal, deadly, fatal, mortal, deathly, killing; toxic, poisonous,… …
