Hypoplastic Anemia: A form of anemia in which the bone marrow fails to produce adequate numbers of peripheral blood elements.

Synonym: aplastic anemias, aplastic anemia.

Terms Related to Hypoplastic Anemia

• Diamond Blackfan Anemia

  A rare congenital hypoplastic anemia that usually presents early in infancy. The disease is characterized by a moderate to severe macrocytic anemia, occasional neutropenia or ...

• Myelophthisic Anemia

  Anemia characterized by appearance of immature myeloid and nucleated erythrocytes in the peripheral blood, resulting from infiltration of the bone marrow by foreign or abnormal ...

• Fanconi Anemia

  Congenital disorder affecting all bone marrow elements, resulting in anemia, leukopenia, and thrombopenia, and associated with cardiac, renal, and limb malformations as well as dermal ...

• Megaloblastic Anemia

  Anemia characterized by the presence of megaloblasts in the bone marrow. (Dorland, 27th ed)

• Congenital Hypoplastic Anemia

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• Dyserythropoietic, Congenital Anemia

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• Sideroblastic Anemia

  Anemia characterized by the presence of erythroblasts containing excessive deposits of iron in the marrow.

• Splenic Anemia

  Condition characterized by splenomegaly, some reduction in the number of circulating blood cells in the presence of a normal or hyperactive bone marrow, and the ...

• Pernicious Anemia

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