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Word: Thalassaemia
Speech Type: Noun
1930s: from Greek thalassa ‘sea’ (because the diseases were first known around the Mediterranean) + -aemia
ˌθaləˈsiːmɪə
any of a group of hereditary haemolytic diseases caused by faulty haemoglobin synthesis, widespread in Mediterranean, African, and Asian countries.
Short Definition:any of group of hereditary haemolytic diseases caused by faulty haemoglobin synthesis, widespread in Mediterranean
- thalassemia
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