See Also: pernicious(medicine)
pernicious(1)(dictionary)
Pernicious(health)
pernicious(2)(dictionary)
pernicious(dictionary)
anaemia, pernicious(medicine)
Pernicious anemia(health)
Pernicious anaemia(medicine)
pernicious anemia(encyclopedia)
pernicious anaemia(dictionary)

Acne, adult (health) and pernicious (oh)


Acne, adult (health)


Popular name for rosacea. For more information, see: Rosacea.





pernicious (oh)



[Date: 1500-1600; Language: French; Origin: pernicieux, from Latin perniciosus, from pernicies 'destruction', from nex 'violent death']
very harmful or evil, often in a way that you do not notice easily
::the pernicious effects of poverty
::the media's pernicious influence
-- perniciously adv