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per·ni·cious / pərˈnishəs/ • adj. having a harmful effect, esp. in a gradual or subtle way: the pernicious influences of the mass media. DERIVATIVES: per·ni·cious·ly adv. per·ni·cious·ness n. ORIGIN: late Middle English: from Latin perniciosus ‘destructive,’ from pernicies ‘ruin,’ based on nex, nec- ‘death.’ |
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"pernicious." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "pernicious." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. (May 29, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-pernicious.html "pernicious." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Retrieved May 29, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-pernicious.html |
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pernicious (per-nish-ŭs) adj. describing diseases that are highly dangerous or likely to result in death if untreated. p. anaemia a form of anaemia resulting from deficiency of vitamin B12, due either to failure to produce intrinsic factor or to dietary deficiency of the vitamin. It is characterized by defective production of red blood cells and the presence of megaloblasts in the bone marrow.
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"pernicious." A Dictionary of Nursing. 2008. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "pernicious." A Dictionary of Nursing. 2008. Encyclopedia.com. (May 29, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O62-pernicious.html "pernicious." A Dictionary of Nursing. 2008. Retrieved May 29, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O62-pernicious.html |
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T. F. HOAD. "pernicious." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. T. F. HOAD. "pernicious." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (May 29, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-pernicious.html T. F. HOAD. "pernicious." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Retrieved May 29, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-pernicious.html |
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pernicious •factious, fractious
•anxious • captious
•precious, semi-precious
•infectious
•conscientious, contentious, licentious, pretentious, sententious, tendentious
•Athanasius, audacious, bodacious, cactaceous, capacious, carbonaceous, contumacious, Cretaceous, curvaceous, disputatious, edacious, efficacious, fallacious, farinaceous, flirtatious, foliaceous, fugacious, gracious, hellacious, herbaceous, Ignatius, loquacious, mendacious, mordacious, ostentatious, perspicacious, pertinacious, pugnacious, rapacious, sagacious, salacious, saponaceous, sebaceous, sequacious, setaceous, spacious, tenacious, veracious, vexatious, vivacious, voracious
•facetious, Lucretius, specious
•adventitious, Aloysius, ambitious, auspicious, avaricious, capricious, conspicuous, delicious, expeditious, factitious, fictitious, flagitious, judicious, lubricious, malicious, Mauritius, meretricious, nutritious, officious, pernicious, propitious, repetitious, seditious, siliceous, superstitious, suppositious, surreptitious, suspicious, vicious
•noxious, obnoxious
•conscious, subconscious, unselfconscious
•cautious, tortious
•atrocious, ferocious, precocious
•Confucius • luscious
•bumptious, scrumptious
•compunctious, rambunctious
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"pernicious." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "pernicious." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (May 29, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-pernicious.html "pernicious." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved May 29, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-pernicious.html |
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