thalassemia

Noun thalassemia has 1 sense

• thalassemia(n = noun.state) mediterranean anaemia, mediterranean anemia, thalassaemia - an inherited form of anemia caused by faulty synthesis of hemoglobin;
is a kind of monogenic disease, monogenic disorder, hypochromic anaemia, hypochromic anemia
has particulars: cooley's anaemia, cooley's anemia, thalassaemia major, thalassemia major