| 单词 | mediterranean anaemia |
| 释义 | > as lemmasMediterranean anaemia Mediterranean anaemia n. [so called because thalassaemia was first observed in persons of Mediterranean origin] Medicine thalassaemia, esp. thalassaemia major. ΚΠ 1936 G. H. Whipple & W. L. Bradford in Jrnl. Pediatrics 9 292 The clinical diagnosis was Mediterranean anemia, pericardial effusion, bronchopneumonia terminal. 1954 Blood 9 648 The term Mediterranean anemia is used in this paper to encompass the entire group of diseases characterized by microcytosis, hypochromia, ovalocytosis, anisocytosis and poikilocytosis, and, most prominently, targeting [i.e. formation of target cells], together with certain familial hereditary patterns and clinical features. 1971 F. A. Ward Primer of Haematol. vi. 54 If,..in Mediterranean anaemia, it can be shown that excessive destruction of red cells is taking place almost exclusively in the spleen, then splenectomy will relieve but, of course, not cure the condition. 1992 N.Y. Times Mag. 6 Sept. 29/1 One of the blood diseases, thalassemia, is so strongly associated with families of Italian and Greek origin that it is sometimes called Mediterranean anemia. < as lemmas |
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