- microdrepanocytic disease
- sickle cell–thalassemia d.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
microdrepanocytic disease
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Disease — Illness or sickness often characterized by typical patient problems (symptoms) and physical findings (signs). Disruption sequence: The events that occur when a fetus that is developing normally is subjected to a destructive agent such as the… … Medical dictionary
microdrepanocytic — mi·cro·drep·a·no·cyt·ic (mi″kro drep″ə no sitґik) containing microcytic and drepanocytic elements, as in sickle cell–thalassemia disease … Medical dictionary
sickle cell–thalassemia disease — any of several hereditary anemias involving simultaneous heterozygosity for hemoglobin S and a thalassemia gene; symptoms resemble those of sickle cell anemia. Called also microdrepanocytosis, microdrepanocytic d., hemoglobin S–thalassemia,… … Medical dictionary
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