- hemoglobinopathy
- noun (plural -thies) Date: 1957 a blood disorder (as sickle-cell anemia) caused by a genetically determined change in the molecular structure of hemoglobin
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Hemoglobinopathy — Infobox Disease Name = PAGENAME Caption = DiseasesDB = 19674 ICD10 = ICD10|D|58|2|d|55 ICD9 = ICD9|282.7 ICDO = OMIM = MedlinePlus = eMedicineSubj = eMedicineTopic = MeshID = D006453 Hemoglobinopathy is a kind of genetic defect that results in… … Wikipedia
hemoglobinopathy — Any of a group of disorders caused by genetic abnormality of the hemoglobin molecule. The most prominent types are sickle cell anemia and thalassemia, a set of disorders whose symptoms range from none to fatal anemia. * * * also spelled… … Universalium
hemoglobinopathy — noun Any of a range of inherited genetic disorders affecting hemoglobin … Wiktionary
hemoglobinopathy — A disorder or disease caused by or associated with the presence of abnormal hemoglobins in the blood, e.g., sickle cell disease, hemoglobin C, D, E, H, or I disorders. Occasionally, combinations of abnormal hemoglobins are seen in… … Medical dictionary
hemoglobinopathy — noun a blood disease characterized by the presence of abnormal hemoglobins in the blood • Syn: ↑haemoglobinopathy • Hypernyms: ↑blood disease, ↑blood disorder … Useful english dictionary
Hemoglobin — Hemoglobin, human, adult (heterotetramer, (αβ)2) Structure of human hemoglobin. The protein s α and β subunits are in red and blue, and the iron containing heme groups in green. Fro … Wikipedia
Thalassemia — Classification and external resources ICD 10 D56 ICD 9 282.4 … Wikipedia
Haemophilia — Classification and external resources Deficiency in coagulation factor VIII is the most common cause of haemophilia. ICD 10 D … Wikipedia
Haematopoiesis — Diagram showing the development of different blood cells from haematopoietic stem cell to mature cells Haematopoiesis (from Ancient Greek: αἷμα, blood ; ποιεῖν to make ) (or hematopoiesis in the United States; sometimes also haemopoiesis or… … Wikipedia
Sickle-cell disease — This article is about the disease itself. For the genetic transmission of sickle cell disease and its carrier state, see sickle cell trait. Sickle cell disease Classification and external resources Normal and sickle shaped red blood cells ICD 10 … Wikipedia
