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COOLEY'S ANEMIA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A fatal form of homozygous thalassemia (inherited from both parents) in which there is no hemoglobin; skeletal deformations; heart and spleen and liver enlarged
Synonyms:
Cooley's anaemia; Cooley's anemia; thalassaemia major; thalassemia major
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("Cooley's anemia" is a kind of...):
Mediterranean anaemia; Mediterranean anemia; thalassaemia; thalassemia (an inherited form of anemia caused by faulty synthesis of hemoglobin)
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