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Definition: Thalassemia |
ThalassemiaNoun1. An inherited form of anemia caused by faulty synthesis of hemoglobin. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
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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: ThalassemiaSynonym: thalassaemia (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Thalassemia |
| English words defined with "thalassemia": Cooley's anaemia, Cooley's anemia ♦ haemosiderosis, hemosiderosis ♦ thalassaemia major, thalassemia major. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "thalassemia": beta-Thalassemia. (references) |
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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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Expression using "thalassemia": thalassemia major. Additional references. | |
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Ending with "thalassemia": alpha-Thalassemia, beta-Thalassemia. | |
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| 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 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) síndrome de Cooley (Cooley syndrome, Cooley-Lee syndrome, thalassaemia major, thalassemia major). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
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Words beginning with "thalassemia": thalassemias. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
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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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)54 68 61 6C 61 73 73 65 6D 69 61 |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010100 01101000 01100001 01101100 01100001 01110011 01110011 01100101 01101101 01101001 01100001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)T h a l a s s e m i a |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0054 0068 0061 006C 0061 0073 0073 0065 006D 0069 0061 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)5474677867858571797567 |
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