Cooley anemia

Cooley anemia
thalassemia major.

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  • Cooley anemia disease — Coo·ley anemia, disease (kooґlē) [Thomas Benton Cooley, American pediatrician, 1871–1945] see thalassemia …   Medical dictionary

  • anemia de COOLEY — enfermedad mediterránea o talasemia, caracterizada por esplenomegalia, facies mongólica y alteraciones óseas de las manos y de los pies. Se debe a una interferencia congénita de la síntesis de hemoglobina Diccionario ilustrado de Términos Médicos …   Diccionario médico

  • Cooley's anemia — [ko͞o′lēz] n. [after Thomas Cooley (1871 1945), U.S. pediatrician] a form of thalassemia characterized by severe anemia, growth retardation, etc. and usually resulting in death at an early age: the genes causing this condition are inherited from… …   English World dictionary

  • Cooley’s anemia — Cooley’s anemia. = β thalassemia (см.). (Источник: «Англо русский толковый словарь генетических терминов». Арефьев В.А., Лисовенко Л.А., Москва: Изд во ВНИРО, 1995 г.) …   Молекулярная биология и генетика. Толковый словарь.

  • Cooley's anemia — Cooley s anemia. См. анемия Кули. (Источник: «Англо русский толковый словарь генетических терминов». Арефьев В.А., Лисовенко Л.А., Москва: Изд во ВНИРО, 1995 г.) …   Молекулярная биология и генетика. Толковый словарь.

  • Cooley's anemia — Coo·ley s anemia .kü lēz n a severe thalassemic anemia that is associated with the presence of microcytes, enlargement of the liver and spleen, increase in the erythroid bone marrow, and jaundice and that occurs esp. in children of Mediterranean… …   Medical dictionary

  • Anemia, Cooley’s — Better known today as thalassemia (or as beta thalassemia or thalassemia major) .The clinical picture of this important type of anemia was first described in 1925 by the pediatrician Thomas Benton Cooley. Another name for the disease is… …   Medical dictionary

  • Cooley's anaemia — noun a fatal form of homozygous thalassemia (inherited from both parents) in which there is no hemoglobin; skeletal deformations; heart and spleen and liver enlarged • Syn: ↑Cooley s anemia, ↑thalassemia major, ↑thalassaemia major • Hypernyms:… …   Useful english dictionary

  • Anemia — The condition of having less than the normal number of red blood cells or less than the normal quantity of hemoglobin in the blood. The oxygen carrying capacity of the blood is, therefore, decreased. Persons with anemia may feel tired and fatigue …   Medical dictionary

  • Cooley's anemia — noun Etymology: Thomas B. Cooley died 1945 American pediatrician Date: circa 1935 a severe thalassemic anemia that is associated with the presence of microcytes, enlargement of the liver and spleen, increase in the erythroid bone marrow, and… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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