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noun
Any of a range of inherited genetic disorders affecting hemoglobin.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, countable, uncountable
Topics: medicine, sciences
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: dyshemoglobinemia
noun
a blood disease characterized by the presence of abnormal hemoglobins in the blood
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: haemoglobinopathy
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: blood disease, blood disorder
History
Etymology tree English hemoglobin Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- Ancient Greek πάσχω (páskhō)der. Ancient Greek πᾰ́θος (pắthos) Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Old French -ieder. Middle English -ie Middle English -y English -y English -pathy English hemoglobinopathy From hemoglobin + -o- + -pathy.
