See Also: homo(1)(dictionary)
homo(2)(dictionary)
homo-(dictionary)
homo(dictionary)
homo-(dictionary)
Homo(encyclopedia)
HOMO(law)
homo(medicine)
Homo sapiens(dictionary)
Homo sapiens(encyclopedia)

Thalassemia (health) and homo- (oh)


Thalassemia (health)


An inherited disorder in which abnormal hemoglobin is formed; required repeated blood transfusions result in iron loading with especial impairment of functions of pituitary, heart and pancreas; prevalent in countries bordering the Mediterranean, in the Middle East, and in India and Southeast Asia.





homo- (oh)



[Language: Latin; Origin: Greek, from homos 'same']
same
homosexual
(=sexually attracted to people of the same sex)
homographs
(=words spelt the same way)