A severe form of anemia most often affecting older adults, caused by failure of the stomach to absorb vitamin B 12 and characterized by abnormally large red blood cells, gastrointestinal disturbances, and lesions of the spinal cord.s noted, true pernicious anemia refers specifically to a disorder of atrophied parietal cells leading to absent intrinsic factor, resulting in an inability to absorb B 12. However, there are other related conditions that result in decreased absorption of B 12.
southpaw - a baseball pitcher who throws the ball with the left hand. left hander, left-handed pitcher, lefthander, left-hander, lefty. hurler, pitcher, twirler - (baseball) the person who does the pitching; our pitcher has a sore arm.
One reason for this confusion may have to do with the meaning and origin of the term schizophrenia, which is somewhat misleading. Greek etymology. Schizophrenia comes from the German word schizophrenie, which was coined in 1910 by the Swiss psychiatrist Eugen Bleuler. The term is derived from the Greek words skhizein and phren. Skhizein means to split and phren means, variously, diaphragm, heart, and mindâ (with all meanings generally referring to or having to do with thought and emotion).