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Fan·co·ni's anemia | \ fän-ˈkō-nēz-, fan- 
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\Medical Definition of Fanconi's anemia
: aplastic anemia that is inherited as an autosomal recessive trait and is characterized by progressive pancytopenia, hypoplastic bone marrow, skeletal anomalies (as short stature), microcephaly, hypogonadism, and a predisposition to leukemia
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