| 释义 |
thalassaemia/θæləˈsi:miə/n. (US [美] thalassemia) Med. any of a group of hereditary haemolytic diseases caused by faulty haemoglobin synthesis and widespread in Mediterranean, African, and Asian countries 【医】地中海贫血病，库利氏贫血病(一种因错误的血红蛋白合成而造成的遗传性贫血症，流行于地中海周围的欧亚非国家和地区) [Greek thalassa ‘sea’ (because first known around the Mediterranean) + -AEMIA] |