Medical Dictionary

hemoglobinopathy

noun he·mo·glo·bin·op·a·thy
plural he·mo·glo·bin·op·a·thies

Medical Definition of HEMOGLOBINOPATHY

:  a blood disorder (as sickle-cell anemia) caused by a genetically determined change in the molecular structure of hemoglobin

Variants of HEMOGLOBINOPATHY

he·mo·glo·bin·op·a·thy or chiefly British hae·mo·glo·bin·op·a·thy \ˌhē-mə-ˌglō-bə-ˈnäp-ə-thē\

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