thalassemia major

Noun thalassemia major has 1 sense

• thalassemia major(n = noun.state) cooley's anaemia, cooley's anemia, thalassaemia 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;
is a kind of mediterranean anaemia, mediterranean anemia, thalassaemia, thalassemia