thalassaemia


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
thalassaemia /ˌθaləˈsiːmɪə/ (US thalassemia)
noun Medicine a hereditary haemolytic disease caused by faulty haemoglobin synthesis, prevalent in Mediterranean, African, and Asian countries.
– origin 1930s: from Gk thalassa ‘sea’ (because first known around the Mediterranean) + -aemia.
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