refractory anemia(n = noun.state) refractory anaemia - any of various anemic conditions that are not successfully treated by any means other than blood transfusions (and that are not associated with another primary disease);
is a kind of anaemia, anemia
has particulars: sideroblastic anaemia, sideroblastic anemia, siderochrestic anaemia, siderochrestic anemia

anemia, anemia adiantifolia, antipernicious anemia factor, aplastic anemia, cooley's anemia, crescent-cell anemia, drepanocytic anemia, fanconi's anemia, genus anemia, hemolytic anemia, hyperchromic anemia, hypochromic anemia, hypoplastic anemia, iron deficiency anemia, macrocytic anemia, malignant anemia, mediterranean anemia, megaloblastic anemia, metaplastic anemia, microcytic anemia, pernicious anemia, refractory, refractory anaemia, refractory period, refractory pot, sickle cell anemia, sickle-cell anemia, sideroblastic anemia, siderochrestic anemia