thalassemia
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- noun
- /θəˌlæsəˈmiə/
- Specialized
:
talasemia
- With mild alpha thalassemia, the RBCs are smaller and a mild anemia may develop.
- anemia and thalassemia
- thalassemia minor
- thalassemia transfusion
Examples
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Most patients with a major form of thalassemia receive RBC transfusions every 2 to 3 weeks.
Academic text (2003) -
We know that diseases like thalassemia are caused by mutations in beta globin.
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There are three types of beta thalassemia that also range from mild to severe.
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The primary treatment for thalassemia is RBC transfusion.
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Unraveling evidence for the relation between thalassemia and malaria has been painfully slow.
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Thalassemia is a congenital disease; Iran lies in the thalassemic region of the world, and the prevalence of thalassemia is 2.3% in Iran.
Academic text (2007) -
Using the gene-editing tool known as CRISPR/Cas9, the researchers modified the gene responsible for beta thalassemia, a heritable and potentially fatal blood disorder.
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Thalassemia is a hereditary blood disorder that leads to anemia due to abnormal hemoglobin production, which is characterized by thalassemia.
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Patients with thalassemia often require regular blood transfusions to manage their condition effectively.
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Genetic tests can determine if someone has thalassemia, a disease characterized by reduced hemoglobin levels.
Synonyms
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3.6
A blood problem in which there are too few red blood cells, causing tiredness and weakness
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A health problem that affects the blood, like anemia or leukemia
A blood illness passed from parents that causes low red blood cells
A blood disorder where red blood cells have abnormal hemoglobin
Compounds
- Specialized
A severe inherited blood disease that causes very low red blood cells and needs regular transfusions
How Severe
- Specialized
- Specialized
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Surface Forms
Morphology
thalassemia = thalass + emia
The word is built from specialized Greek combining forms ('thalass-' and '-emia') that are not productive standalone English words, so learners cannot reliably infer the medical meaning from common vocabulary.
Etymology
Thalassemia comes from the Greek thalassa ('sea') and -emia ('blood'). It was named because doctors first saw it often around the Mediterranean Sea, so thalassemia refers to a blood disorder, like anemia, that reduces healthy blood in the body.