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THALASSAEMIA MAJOR

Dictionary entry overview: What does thalassaemia major mean?

• THALASSAEMIA MAJOR (noun)
The noun THALASSAEMIA MAJOR has 1 sense:

1. a fatal form of homozygous thalassemia (inherited from both parents) in which there is no hemoglobin; skeletal deformations; heart and spleen and liver enlarged

Familiarity information: THALASSAEMIA MAJOR used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• THALASSAEMIA MAJOR (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A fatal form of homozygous thalassemia (inherited from both parents) in which there is no hemoglobin; skeletal deformations; heart and spleen and liver enlarged

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

Cooley's anaemia; Cooley's anemia; thalassaemia major; thalassemia major

Hypernyms ("thalassaemia major" is a kind of...):

Mediterranean anaemia; Mediterranean anemia; thalassaemia; thalassemia (an inherited form of anemia caused by faulty synthesis of hemoglobin)

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