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haemoglobinopathies

haemoglobinopathies is the plural of haemoglobinopathy.

Meaning of haemoglobinopathy

Noun

haemoglobinopathy (countable and uncountable, plural haemoglobinopathies)

  1. (UK) Any of a group of inherited disorders in which haemoglobin does not function properly
    • Simpler tools for detecting sickle haemoglobin made analysis of the malaria hypothesis in the context of this haemoglobinopathy that much easier, which has facilitated measurement of the trait against a spectrum of endpoints of protection, such as the infection itself, parasite density in...1996 December 7, Geoffrey Pasvol, “Malaria and resistance genes—they work in wondrous ways”, in The Lancet, volume 348, number 9041, →DOI, page 1533

Questions about haemoglobinopathies

What is haemoglobinopathies the plural of?
Haemoglobinopathies is the plural of haemoglobinopathy.

Words near haemoglobinopathies in the dictionary

  1. haemoglobinization
  2. haemoglobinized
  3. haemoglobinometer
  4. haemoglobinometers
  5. haemoglobinometry
  6. haemoglobinopathies
  7. haemoglobinopathy
  8. haemoglobinous
  9. haemoglobins
  10. haemoglobinuria
  11. haemoglobinurias

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