| NOUN | state | thalassaemia, thalassemia, Mediterranean anemia, Mediterranean anaemia | an inherited form of anemia caused by faulty synthesis of hemoglobin |
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| Meaning | An inherited form of anemia caused by faulty synthesis of hemoglobin. | |
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| Synonyms | thalassemia, Mediterranean anemia, Mediterranean anaemia | |
| Narrower | Cooley's anemia, Cooley's anaemia, thalassemia major, thalassaemia major | A fatal form of homozygous thalassemia (inherited from both parents) in which there is no hemoglobin |
| Broader | hypochromic anemia, hypochromic anaemia | anemia characterized by a decrease in the concentration of corpuscular hemoglobin |
| monogenic disorder, monogenic disease | An inherited disease controlled by a single pair of genes | |
| Spanish | anemia hemolítica, talasemia | |
| Catalan | anèmia hemolítica, talassèmia | |
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