Definition of Hemoglobinopathy

1. Noun. A blood disease characterized by the presence of abnormal hemoglobins in the blood.

Exact synonyms: Haemoglobinopathy
Generic synonyms: Blood Disease, Blood Disorder

Medical Definition of Hemoglobinopathy

1. 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)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hemoglobinopathy

hemodialyzer
hemodilution
hemodilutions
hemodynamic
hemodynamically
hemodynamics
Hemofil
hemoflagellate
hemoflagellates
hemogenesis
hemoglobin
hemoglobin
hemoglobinemia
hemoglobinometer
hemoglobinopathy (current term)
hemoglobinopathy (current term)
hemoglobins
hemoglobinuria
hemoglobinurias
hemoglobinuric
hemoid
hemolymph
hemolymphs
hemolyses
hemolysin
hemolysin
hemolysins
hemolysis
hemolysis
hemolytic

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