Mediterranean anemia
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Mediterranean anemia
n.
See thalassemia.
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Noun | 1. | Mediterranean anemia - an inherited form of anemia caused by faulty synthesis of hemoglobin monogenic disease, monogenic disorder - an inherited disease controlled by a single pair of genes hypochromic anaemia, hypochromic anemia - anemia characterized by a decrease in the concentration of corpuscular hemoglobin Cooley's anaemia, Cooley's anemia, thalassaemia major, thalassemia major - a fatal form of homozygous thalassemia (inherited from both parents) in which there is no hemoglobin; skeletal deformations; heart and spleen and liver enlarged |
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