Definition of Thalassemia major

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


Lexicographical Neighbors of Thalassemia Major

thalamolenticular
thalamophora
thalamostriate vein
thalamostriate veins
thalamotomies
thalamotomy
thalamus
thalamuses

Literary usage of Thalassemia major

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Guide To Clinical Preventive Services by U. S. Preventive Services Task Force (1989)
"1" There is a 25% probability with each pregnancy that offspring of two heterozygous parents wili have thalassemia major. Alpha-thalassemia occurs primarily ..."

2. Guide to Clinical Preventive Services: Report of the U. S. Preventive by DIANE Publishing Company (1996)
"Prolonged survival in patients with beta thalassemia major treated with ... Patient age distribution in thalassemia major: changes from 1973 to 1985. ..."

3. Diabetes in America by Ronald Aubert (1996)
"Saudek CD, Hemm RM, Peterson CM: Abnormal glucose tolerance in p-thalassemia major. Metabolism 26:43-52, 1977 40. Niederau C, Berger M, ..."

4. Cord Blood: Establishing a National Hematopoietic Stem Cell Bank Program by Emily Ann Meyer, Kristine M. Gebbie, Kathi E. Hanna (2005)
"Combined umbilical cord blood and bone marrow transplantation in the treatment of beta-thalassemia major. ..."

5. Clinician's Handbook of Preventive Services: Put Prevention Into Practice by DIANE Publishing Company (1995)
"Fewer than 1000 Americans have beta-thalassemia major, but sizable numbers of Italian-Americans, Greek-Americans, and immigrants from Southeast Asia carry ..."

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