thalassaemia

thalassaemia US, thalassemia [ˌθæləˈsiːmɪə]

(Medicine / Pathology) a hereditary disease, common in many parts of the world, resulting from defects in the synthesis of the red blood pigment haemoglobin Also called Cooley's anaemia [ˈkuːlɪz]

[New Latin, from Greek thalassa sea + -aemia, from it being esp prevalent round the eastern Mediterranean Sea]

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Noun

thalassaemia - an inherited form of anemia caused by faulty synthesis of hemoglobin

Mediterranean anaemia, Mediterranean anemia, thalassemia

monogenic disease, monogenic disorder - an inherited disease controlled by a single pair of genes

hypochromic anaemia, hypochromic anemia - anemia characterized by a decrease in the concentration of corpuscular hemoglobin

Cooley's anaemia, Cooley's anemia, thalassaemia major, thalassemia major - a fatal form of homozygous thalassemia (inherited from both parents) in which there is no hemoglobin; skeletal deformations; heart and spleen and liver enlarged

Translations

thalassaemia [ˌθæləˈsiːmɪə] N → anemia f de Cooley

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ACTIVISTS are demanding a Health Ministry probe into the death of a thalassaemia patient at Salmaniya Medical Complex (SMC).

Call for probe into death at hospital by Gulf Daily News (Manama, Bahrain)

The campaign was organized in association with the Blood Bank Department at Al Wasl Hospital, and blood collected during the drive will be donated to the Hospital's Thalassaemia Center.

AUD Organizes Blood Drive Campaign for Fall 2009 by Albawaba.com

London, October 3 (ANI): Reports indicate that a scanning technique developed by British scientists can cut thalassaemia deaths by 70 percent.

Scanning technique can cut thalassaemia deaths by 70 percent by Asian News International

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