See Also: pernicious(dictionary)
pernicious(2)(dictionary)
pernicious(1)(dictionary)
Pernicious(health)
pernicious(medicine)
pernicious anaemia(dictionary)
pernicious anemia(encyclopedia)
Pernicious anemia(health)
Anemia, pernicious(health)
pernicious vomiting(medicine)

assurance (oh) and Pernicious (health)


assurance (oh)



[C] a promise that something will definitely happen or is definitely true, made especially to make someone less worried
::Despite my repeated assurances, Rob still looked very nervous.
give/seek/receive an assurance (that)
::He gave an assurance that the work would be completed by Wednesday.
[U] a feeling of calm confidence about your own abilities, or that you are right about something
::the calm assurance with which she handled the horse
::'Jack will never agree to that,' he said with assurance.
[U] BrE technical insurance, especially to provide money when someone dies
American Equivalent: insurance
-see also life assurance

Pernicious (health)


Fatal.