thalassaemia
US thalassemia
/ (ˌθæləˈsiːmɪə) /
noun
a hereditary disease, common in many parts of the world, resulting from defects in the synthesis of the red blood pigment haemoglobin: Also called: Cooley's anaemia (ˈkuːlɪz)
Origin of thalassaemia
1New Latin, from Greek thalassa sea + -aemia, from it being esp prevalent round the eastern Mediterranean Sea
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