[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

pernicious \perni"cious\, a. l. pernix, -icis.
   quick; swift to burn. r. --milton.
   1913 webster

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

pernicious \perni"cious\, a. l. perniciosus, from pernicies
   destruction, from pernecare to kill or slay outright; per +
   necare to kill, slay: cf. f. pernicieux. cf. nuisance,
   necromancy.
   having the quality of injuring or killing; destructive; very
   mischievous; baleful; malicious; wicked.
   1913 webster

         let this pernicious hour
         stand aye accursed in the calendar.      --shak.
   1913 webster

         pernicious to his health.                --prescott.
   1913 webster

   syn: destructive; ruinous; deadly; noxious; injurious;
        baneful; deleterious; hurtful; mischievous.
        1913 webster -- perni"ciously, adv., --
        perni"ciousness, n.
        1913 webster
see also:
nuisance necromancy perni"ciously perni"ciousness 

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

pernicious
     adj 1: exceedingly harmful syn: baneful, deadly, pestilent
     2: working or spreading in a hidden and usually injurious way;
        "glaucoma is an insidious disease"; "a subtle poison"
        syn: insidious, subtle
see also:
baneful deadly pestilent insidious subtle 

[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

57 moby thesaurus words for "pernicious":
   baleful, baneful, brutal, corroding, corrosive, corrupting,
   corruptive, counterproductive, damaging, deadly, death-bringing,
   deathful, deathly, deleterious, destructive, detrimental,
   devastating, disadvantageous, disserviceable, distressing, fatal,
   feral, harmful, hurtful, injurious, internecine, killing, lethal,
   malefic, maleficent, malevolent, malign, malignant, miasmatic,
   miasmic, mischievous, mortal, noisome, noxious, ominous,
   pestiferous, pestilent, pestilential, poisonous, prejudicial,
   ruinous, savage, scatheful, sinister, swart, toxic, venenate,
   veneniferous, venenous, venomous, vicious, virulent

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eMedicine - Pernicious Anemia : Article by Marcel E Conrad, MD
...Pernicious anemia is more common than is expected in families of patients with pernicious.....Pernicious anemia occurs as a relatively common adult form of anemia that is associated.....The disease was named pernicious anemia because it was fatal before treatment became..
http://www.emedicine.com/med/topic1799.htm, score=100, date indexed=March 28, 2005, 2:16 pm

MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia: Pernicious anemia
...Pernicious anemia is caused by a lack of intrinsic factor, a substance needed to absorb.....However, most often, pernicious anemia and other forms of megaloblastic anemia in children.....Although a juvenile form of the disease can occur in children, pernicious anemia usually..
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000569.htm, score=83, date indexed=September 3, 2004, 5:57 am

Megaloblastic (Pernicious) Anemia -Blood Diseases & Disorders
...Megaloblastic (pernicious) anemia results from a lack of intrinsic factor in gastric.....Megaloblastic (pernicious) anemia may also be associated with type 1 diabetes, thyroid.....pernicious) anemia may include additional blood tests and other evaluation procedures..
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InteliHealth: pernicious anemia
...An absence of intrinsic factor is the most common cause of pernicious anemia, and it.....When this happens, low levels of intrinsic factor produce symptoms of juvenile pernicious.....Pernicious anemia occurs more commonly in people who already have diseases that are linked..
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...Pernicious Anemia is an autoimmune condition caused by a deficiency of Vitamin B-12 that.....Rather, Pernicious Anemia results from the failure of the digestive tract to absorb.....Along with several other delightful autoimmune conditions I was diagnosed with Pernicious..
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Vitamin B12 Deficiency (Pernicious Anemia) articles, support groups, and...
...Vitamin B12 Deficiency (Pernicious Anemia) articles, support groups, and resources for.....Neurology and Neurosurgery Forum) pernicious anemia, food intolerances (Gastroenterology.....pernicious anemia and neuropathy (Neurology and Neurosurgery Forum) pernicious anemia or..
http://www.medhelp.org/HealthTopics/Vitamin_B12_Deficiency.html, score=66, date indexed=October 5, 2005, 6:09 am

Anaemia due to vitamin B12 deficiency (pernicious anaemia)
...If a family member also suffers from pernicious anaemia extra care should be taken to.....If the blood test shows a low vitamin B12 count, it must be established whether it is.....However, even if the pernicious anaemia is treated, there is a slightly increased risk of..
http://www.netdoctor.co.uk/diseases/facts/anaemiab12.htm, score=56, date indexed=February 11, 2005, 2:10 am

Definition of Pernicious from dictionary.net
...What does pernicious mean?we found 5 entries for the meaning of pernicious..  Pernicious.....Let this pernicious hour Stand aye accursed in the calendar. --Shak. Pernicious to his.....Pernicious \Per*ni"cious\, a. [L. perniciosus, from pernicies destruction, from pernecare..
http://www.dictionary.net/pernicious, score=55, date indexed=June 13, 2005, 10:38 am

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