thalassaemia major

1. 1.

   a fatal form of homozygous thalassemia (inherited from both parents) in which there is no hemoglobin; skeletal deformations; heart and spleen and liver enlarged

   SynonymsCooley's anemiaCooley's anaemiathalassemia major

   Broaderthalassemia

Questions about thalassaemia major

What does thalassaemia major mean?

thalassaemia major means "a fatal form of homozygous thalassemia (inherited from both parents) in which there is no hemoglobin; skeletal deformations; heart and spleen and liver enlarged".

What is another word for thalassaemia major?

Close synonyms include Cooley's anemia, Cooley's anaemia, thalassemia major. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is thalassaemia major a common word?

thalassaemia major is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.