Definition of Haemoglobinopathy
1. Noun. A blood disease characterized by the presence of abnormal hemoglobins in the blood.
Definition of Haemoglobinopathy
1. Noun. (medicine) Any of a group of inherited disorders in which haemoglobin does not function properly ¹
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Medical Definition of Haemoglobinopathy
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Disorder due to abnormalities in the haemoglobin molecule, the best known being sickle cell anaemia in which there is a single amino acid substitution (valine for glutamate) in position 6 of the beta chain. In other cases one of the globin chains is synthesised at a slower rate, despite being normal in structure.
See: thalassaemia.
Origin: Gr. Pathos = disease
This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology
(11 Mar 2008)
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