English > thalassemia: 1 sense > noun 1, state| Meaning | An inherited form of anemia caused by faulty synthesis of hemoglobin. |
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| Synonyms | thalassaemia, Mediterranean anemia, Mediterranean anaemia |
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| 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 |
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| Broader | hypochromic anemia, hypochromic anaemia | anemia characterized by a decrease in the concentration of corpuscular hemoglobin |
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| monogenic disorder, monogenic disease | An inherited disease controlled by a single pair of genes |
| Spanish | anemia hemolítica, talasemia |
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| Catalan | anèmia hemolítica, talassèmia |
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