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)
Word Origin for thalassaemia
New Latin, from Greek
thalassa sea +
-aemia, from it being esp prevalent round the eastern Mediterranean Sea
Words nearby thalassaemia
thalamo-,
thalamocortical,
thalamotomy,
thalamus,
thalassa,
thalassaemia,
thalassemia,
thalassemia major,
thalassic,
thalasso-,
thalassocracy