单词 | thalassaemia |
释义 | thalassaemia/ˌθaləˈsiːmɪə![]() (US thalassemia) noun [mass noun] Medicine Any of a group of hereditary haemolytic diseases caused by faulty haemoglobin synthesis, widespread in Mediterranean, African, and Asian countries.The blood dyscrasias that most commonly lead to leg ulceration are sickle cell disease, thalassaemia, thrombocythaemia, and polycythaemia rubra vera....
Origin1930s: from Greek thalassa 'sea' (because the diseases were first known around the Mediterranean) + -aemia. |
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