See Also: Lepore haemoglobin(medicine)
Lepore thalassaemia(medicine)
haemoglobin Lepore(medicine)
Herbal medicine (botanical medicine, herbology, phytomedicine)(health)
haemoglobin Anti-Lepore(medicine)
gas turbine(medicine)
turbine(encyclopedia)
turbine(dictionary)
turbine(medicine)
turbine(dictionary)

Lepore thalassaemia (medicine) and turbine (iou)


Lepore thalassaemia (medicine)


Lepore thalassaemia
Thalassaemia syndrome due to production of abnormally structured Lepore haemoglobin. Heterozygous state: thalassaemia minor with about 10% of Hb Lepore, Hb F moderately increased, Hb A2 normal. Homozygous state: thalassaemia major with only Hb F and Hb Lepore produced, no Hb A or Hb A2.


turbine (iou)



turbine noun. M19.
[French from Latin turbin-, turbo: see TURBO noun1.]
Orig., a high-speed water-wheel, esp. a horizontal one driven by a column of water falling into its interior and escaping through oblique channels so as to impel the wheel in the opposite direction. Now, any rotary machine in which a revolving wheel, or a cylinder or disk bearing vanes, is driven by a flow of water, steam, gas, wind, etc., esp. to generate electrical power.
gas turbine, impulse turbine, jet turbine, pump-turbine, reaction turbine, shaft turbine, steam turbine, etc.
turbined adjective having or propelled by a turbine or turbines E20.
turbiner noun a vessel driven by a turbine E20.