hemoglobinopathy
English
Alternative forms
- haemoglobinopathy
Etymology
hemoglobin + -o- + -pathy
Noun
hemoglobinopathy (countable and uncountable, plural hemoglobinopathies)
- (American spelling, medicine) Any of a range of inherited genetic disorders affecting hemoglobin
See also
- sickle-cell disease
- thalassemia