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.
Word Origin and History for Sapphic Expand. adj. c.1500, of or pertaining to Sappho, from French saphique, from Latin Sapphicus, from Greek Sapphikos of Sappho, in reference to Sappho, poetess of the isle of Lesbos c.600 B.C.E. Especially in reference to her characteristic meter; sense of pertaining to sexual relations between women is from 1890s (cf. lesbian).