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Diamond-Blackfan anemia

Diamond-Blackfan anemia noun: a congenital erythroid aplasia that usually presents in infancy.

Noun

Diamond-Blackfan anemia (uncountable)

  1. A congenital erythroid aplasia that usually presents in infancy.

Origin of Diamond-Blackfan anemia

The condition was first noted by Hugh W. Josephs in 1936, but is named for the pediatricians Louis K. Diamond and Kenneth Blackfan, who described it in 1938.

Questions about Diamond-Blackfan anemia

What does Diamond-Blackfan anemia mean?
Diamond-Blackfan anemia means a congenital erythroid aplasia that usually presents in infancy.
What part of speech is Diamond-Blackfan anemia?
Diamond-Blackfan anemia is a noun.

Words near Diamond-Blackfan anemia in the dictionary

  1. Diamond Valley
  2. diamond wedding
  3. diamond weddings
  4. diamond wheel
  5. diamond wheels
  6. Diamond-Blackfan anemia
  7. diamond-square algorithm
  8. diamond-water paradox
  9. Diamonda
  10. diamondback
  11. diamondback moth

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