Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun thalassaemia_major

1 sense of thalassaemia major

Sense 1
Cooley's anemia, Cooley's anaemia, thalassemia major, thalassaemia major -- (a fatal form of homozygous thalassemia (inherited from both parents) in which there is no hemoglobin; skeletal deformations; heart and spleen and liver enlarged)
       => thalassemia, thalassaemia, Mediterranean anemia, Mediterranean anaemia -- (an inherited form of anemia caused by faulty synthesis of hemoglobin)