- Coo|ley's anemia
- Coo|ley's anemia «KOO leez»,= thalassemia. (Cf. ↑thalassemia)╂[< Thomas Benton Cooley, 1871-1945, an American pediatrician]
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Coo|ley's anemia
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Cooley's anemia — Coo·ley s anemia .kü lēz n a severe thalassemic anemia that is associated with the presence of microcytes, enlargement of the liver and spleen, increase in the erythroid bone marrow, and jaundice and that occurs esp. in children of Mediterranean… … Medical dictionary
Cooley anemia disease — Coo·ley anemia, disease (kooґlē) [Thomas Benton Cooley, American pediatrician, 1871–1945] see thalassemia … Medical dictionary
Cooley's anemia — Coo′ley s ane′mia [[t]ˈku liz[/t]] n. pat thalassemia • Etymology: 1930–35; after Thomas Benton Cooley (1871–1945), U.S. pediatrician … From formal English to slang
Cooley'sanemia — Coo·ley s anemia (ko͞oʹlēz) n. A usually fatal form of thalassemia in which normal hemoglobin is absent, characterized by severe anemia, enlargement of the heart, liver, and spleen, and skeletal deformation. [After Thomas BentonCooley (1871… … Universalium
