See Also: Herbal medicine (botanical medicine, herbology, phytomedicine)(health)
Biermer, Anton(medicine)
Biermer's anaemia(medicine)
Biermer's disease(medicine)
Biermer's sign(medicine)
Addison-Biermer disease(medicine)
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Orthomolecular medicine (orthomolecular nutritional medicine, orthomolecular therapy)(health)
graft(1)(dictionary)
graft(3)(dictionary)

Biermer's disease (medicine) and graft(2) (iou)


Biermer's disease (medicine)


Biermer's disease -->
pernicious anaemia
<haematology> A form of anaemia (low red blood cell counts) that results when the bone marrow fails to produce adequate numbers of red blood cells due to a deficiency in vitamin B12. Intrinsic factor, necessary for normal B12 absorption, may be the underlying cause for B12 deficiency if is not produced in the gastric glands (in the stomach).

Origin: Gr. Haima = blood


graft(2) (iou)



graft noun2. [gr¨»:ft] L15.
[Alt. of GRAFF noun1, perh. due to confusion of -ff and -ft at the end of words.]
A shoot or scion inserted into a slit made in another plant or stock, from which the shoot receives sap and on which it grows. L15.
A twig, shoot, or scion for use in grafting; gen. a branch, plant. L16-E17.
The place in a stock where a scion is inserted. E19.
The process of grafting; an instance of grafting. M19.
A piece of living tissue surgically transplanted to another place on the same organism, or to another organism, so that it might adhere and grow; the process of transplanting tissue for this purpose. L19.