THALASSEMIA MAJOR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does thalassemia major mean? 

• THALASSEMIA MAJOR (noun)
  The noun THALASSEMIA 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: THALASSEMIA MAJOR used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• THALASSEMIA MAJOR (noun)

Sense 1

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 ("thalassemia major" is a kind of...):

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

 Context examples 

Causes include acromegaly, Hurler syndrome, Silver-Russell syndrome, and thalassemia major.

(Frontal Bossing, NCI Thesaurus)