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Thalassemia

Definition: Thalassemia

Thalassemia

Noun

1. An inherited form of anemia caused by faulty synthesis of hemoglobin.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 



Specialty Definitions: Thalassemia

DomainDefinitions

Health

A group of hereditary hemolytic anemias in which there is decreased synthesis of one or more hemoglobin polypeptide chains. There are several genetic types with clinical pictures ranging from barely detectable hematologic abnormality to severe and fatal anemia. (references)

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Synonym: Thalassemia

Synonym: thalassaemia (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Thalassemia

English words defined with "thalassemia": Cooley's anaemia, Cooley's anemiahaemosiderosis, hemosiderosisthalassaemia major, thalassemia major. (references)
Specialty definitions using "thalassemia": beta-Thalassemia. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Thalassemia

DomainTitle

Books

  • Advances & Controversies in Thalassemia Therapy: Bone Marrow Transplantation & Other Approaches (reference)

  • Advances and Controversies in Thalassemia Therapy: Bone Marrow Transplantation and Other Approaches: Proceedings of an International Symposium on B (reference)

  • Endocrine Disorders in Thalassemia (Physiopathological and Therapeutical Aspects) (reference)

  • Radiology of Thalassemia (reference)

  • Thalassemia (reference)

    (more book examples)

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Non-Fiction Usage: Thalassemia

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

Alpha thalassemia genes in black patients are generally of no clinical significance. (references)

The presence of alpha thalassemia in newborns is indicated by elevated levels of Hb Barts. (references)

Sickle cell diseases (SS, SC, S-beta thalassemia) alone affect about 1/400 American black newborns. (references)

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Expressions: Thalassemia

Expression using "thalassemia": thalassemia major. Additional references.

Hypenated Usage

Ending with "thalassemia": alpha-Thalassemia, beta-Thalassemia.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Thalassemia

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

thalassemia

329

thalassemia minor

35

alpha thalassemia

26

beta thalassemia

23

thalassemia trait

6

beta minor thalassemia

5

thalassemia treatment

4

cell sickle thalassemia

4

thalassemia major

4

symptom thalassemia

3

thalassemia anemia

3

picture thalassemia

2

beta major thalassemia

2

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2

federation international thalassemia

2

beta sickle thalassemia

2

sickle thalassemia

2

b thalassemia

2
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Modern Translations: Thalassemia

Language Translations for "thalassemia"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

Thalassaemia major (Cooley syndrome, Cooley-Lee syndrome, thalassaemia major, thalassemia major). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

ziekte van Cooley-Lee (Cooley syndrome, Cooley-Lee syndrome, thalassaemia major, thalassemia major), syndroom van Cooley-Lee (Cooley syndrome, Cooley-Lee syndrome, thalassaemia major, thalassemia major). (various references)

   

French

  

syndrome de Cooley-Lee (thalassaemia major, thalassemia major), syndrome de Cooley (thalassaemia major, thalassemia major). (various references)

   

German

  

Cooley-Lee Syndrom (Cooley syndrome, Cooley-Lee syndrome, thalassaemia major, thalassemia major), Cooley Syndrom (Cooley syndrome, Cooley-Lee syndrome, thalassaemia major, thalassemia major). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

σύνδρομο Cooley-Lee (Cooley syndrome, Cooley-Lee syndrome, thalassaemia major, thalassemia major), σύνδρομο Cooley (Cooley syndrome, Cooley-Lee syndrome, thalassaemia major, thalassemia major), ομόζυγη θαλασσαιμία (Cooley syndrome, Cooley-Lee syndrome, thalassaemia major, thalassemia major). (various references)

   

Italian

  

talassemia major (Cooley syndrome, Cooley-Lee syndrome, thalassaemia major, thalassemia major), sindrome di Cooley (Cooley syndrome, Cooley-Lee syndrome, thalassaemia major, thalassemia major), morbo di Cooley (Cooley anaemia, Cooley anemia, Cooley disease, Cooley syndrome, Cooley-Lee syndrome, Cooley's anaemia, Cooley's anemia, Cooley's disease, Cooley's erythroblastic anemia, thalassaemia major, thalassemia major). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

alassemiathay

   

Portuguese

  

síndrome de Cooley-Lee (Cooley syndrome, Cooley-Lee syndrome, thalassaemia major, thalassemia major), síndrome de Cooley (Cooley syndrome, Cooley-Lee syndrome, thalassaemia major, thalassemia major). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

síndrome de Cooley (Cooley syndrome, Cooley-Lee syndrome, thalassaemia major, thalassemia major). (various references)

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Derivations: Thalassemia

Derivations

Words beginning with "thalassemia": thalassemias. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: Thalassemia

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-a-e-h-i-l-m-s-s-t"

-3 letters: althaeas, atheisms, haematal, heliasts, malaises, maltases, shaliest, tamashas.

-4 letters: ahimsas, aimless, aliases, althaea, altheas, ashiest, astasia, asthmas, atheism, atlases, halites, hamates, hamlets, haslets, hatless, heliast, hematal, hitless, malaise, malates, maltase, malthas, mashies, matless, matsahs, messiah, miseats, misseat, salaams, salamis, salties, saltish, samiels, samites, samlets, seismal, sheilas, sheltas, stasima, tahsils, tamales, tamasha, tamises, thalami, theisms.

-5 letters: ahimsa, aisles, alates, almahs, almehs, althea, assail, asthma, emails, haemal, halest, halite, halmas, hamals, hamate, hamlet, haslet, hassel, hassle, hastes, heists, hiatal, hiemal, islets, istles, lamest, lamiae, lamias, lashes, lassie, lathes, lathis, latish, leasts, mailes, maists, malate, maltha, mashes, mashie, matsah, meatal, mesial, metals, misate, miseat, missal, missel, misset, saithe, salaam, salami, salmis, saltie, samiel, samite, samlet, selahs, shales, shamas, shames, sheals, sheila, shelta, shiels, shiest, siesta, slates, sliest, slimes, smalti, smalts, smelts, smiles, smites, smiths, stales, steals, steams, stelai, stiles, stimes, tahsil, tamale, tamals, tassel, tassie, teslas, theism, thesis, tmesis.

 Words containing the letters "a-a-a-e-h-i-l-m-s-s-t"
 

+1 letter: thalassaemia, thalassemias.

 

+2 letters: thalassaemias.

 

+3 letters: analphabetisms.

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Alternative Orthography: Thalassemia


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

54 68 61 6C 61 73 73 65 6D 69 61

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

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Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

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HTML Code (1990) (references)

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ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0054 0068 0061 006C 0061 0073 0073 0065 006D 0069 0061

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

5474677867858571797567

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Quotations: Non-fiction
6. Expressions
7. Expressions: Internet
8. Translations: Modern
9. Derivations
10. Anagrams
11. Orthography
12. Bibliography


  

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