Definitions of thalassemia
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an inherited form of anemia caused by faulty synthesis of hemoglobin
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synonyms:
Mediterranean anaemia, Mediterranean anemia, thalassaemia
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types:
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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
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type of:
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monogenic disease, monogenic disorder
an inherited disease controlled by a single pair of genes
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hypochromic anaemia, hypochromic anemia
anemia characterized by a decrease in the concentration of corpuscular hemoglobin
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Cooley's anaemia, Cooley's anemia, thalassaemia major, thalassemia major
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