Thalassemia Definition

thălə-sēmē-ə
noun
An inherited chronic anemia, initially found among Mediterranean peoples, resulting from faulty hemoglobin production.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
  • mediterranean anemia
  • thalassaemia
  • Mediterranean anaemia

Other Word Forms of Thalassemia

Noun

Singular:
thalassemia
Plural:
thalassemias

Origin of Thalassemia

  • From the Greek thalasso- ("sea") and -emia ("blood")αἷμα. The etymology indicates the epidemiology of the disorder in that it commonly occurs in patients of Mediterranean descent. The term was first used in 1932.

    From Wiktionary

  • Greek thalassa sea –emia

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Thalassemia Sentence Examples

  • A child may inherit thalassemia trait when only one parent has the genes responsible for it.

  • An inherited form of hemolytic anemia, thalassemia comes from the production of abnormal hemoglobin.

  • Thalassemia has several types that involve imbalances in the four chains of amino acids that comprise hemoglobin (alpha- and beta-globins).

  • In thalassemia minor or thalassemia trait (heterozygous thalassemia), also called alpha-thalassemia, there is an imbalance in the production of the alpha chain of amino acids.

  • In thalassemia minor, fetal hemoglobin (HbF), the hemoglobin form that circulates in the fetus, does not decrease normally after birth and may remain high in later life.

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Words Starting With

TTHTHA

Words Ending With

AIAMIA

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