- thalassaemia
- chiefly British variant of thalassemia
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
thalassaemia
Look at other dictionaries:
thalassaemia — noun an inherited form of anemia caused by faulty synthesis of hemoglobin • Syn: ↑thalassemia, ↑Mediterranean anemia, ↑Mediterranean anaemia • Hypernyms: ↑hypochromic anemia, ↑hypochromic anaemia, ↑monogenic disorder, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
thalassaemia — (Cooley s anaemia) n. a hereditary blood disease, widespread in the Mediterranean countries, Asia, and Africa, in which there is an abnormality in the protein part of the haemoglobin molecule. The affected red cells cannot function normally,… … Medical dictionary
thalassaemia — Cooley s anaemia; n. a hereditary blood disease, widespread in the Mediterranean countries, Asia, and Africa, in which there is an abnormality in the protein part of the haemoglobin molecule. The affected red cells cannot function normally,… … The new mediacal dictionary
thalassaemia major — noun a fatal form of homozygous thalassemia (inherited from both parents) in which there is no hemoglobin; skeletal deformations; heart and spleen and liver enlarged • Syn: ↑Cooley s anemia, ↑Cooley s anaemia, ↑thalassemia major • Hypernyms:… … Useful english dictionary
thalassaemia — [ˌθalə si:mɪə] (US thalassemia) noun Medicine a hereditary haemolytic disease caused by faulty haemoglobin synthesis, prevalent in Mediterranean, African, and Asian countries. Origin 1930s: from Gk thalassa sea (because first known around the… … English new terms dictionary
thalassaemia — /θæləˈsimiə/ (say thaluh seemeeuh) noun a genetic disease of the blood that may cause severe anaemia, found especially in people from Mediterranean and Middle Eastern countries and in some of the dark skinned peoples of Africa. {Greek thalassa… …
beta-thalassaemia — / tha lə sēˈmi ə/ noun A genetic disorder of the haemoglobin • • • Main Entry: ↑beta … Useful english dictionary
Cooley's anaemia — thalassaemia … The new mediacal dictionary
талассемия — (thalassaemia; таласс + греч. haima кровь; син. анемия гемолитическая мишеневидно клеточная) наследственная гемолитическая анемия, характеризующаяся нарушением синтеза глобина (белка, входящего в состав гемоглобина); наследуется по рецессивному… … Большой медицинский словарь
Thalassämie — Klassifikation nach ICD 10 D56.0 Alpha Thalassämie D56.1 Beta Thalassämie D56.2 Delta Be … Deutsch Wikipedia
