thalassaemia in English

noun
1
any of a group of hereditary hemolytic diseases caused by faulty hemoglobin synthesis, widespread in Mediterranean, African, and Asian countries.
The blood dyscrasias that most commonly lead to leg ulceration are sickle cell disease, thalassaemia , thrombocythaemia, and polycythaemia rubra vera.

Use "thalassaemia" in a sentence

Below are sample sentences containing the word "thalassaemia" from the English Dictionary. We can refer to these sentence patterns for sentences in case of finding sample sentences with the word "thalassaemia", or refer to the context using the word "thalassaemia" in the English Dictionary.

1. However, Coexistence of triplicated alpha-gene with beta-thalassaemia trait increases the severity of this conditions

2. Antenatal screening tests Antenatal screening tests include screening for sickle cell disease and thalassaemia, infectious diseases, the 20-week scan and screening for Down's syndrome

3. The emergence of the aberrant mutant T in malaria - ridden countries is now believed to be an evolutionary counterblast to malaria . For it seems that in a malarial region it is an advantage to have the thalassaemia trait .

4. Bossing: Rounded prominence of the frontal and parietal bones in an infant’s cranial vault, due to various causes Aetiology Untreated vitamin D-induced rickets, which causes a thickened outer table with permanent enlargement of the head, congenital anemia—e.g., thalassaemia with massive hematopoiesis in an expanded marrow space, aka ‘hot cross