See Also: A2 thalassaemia(medicine)
thalassaemia(dictionary)
Thalassaemia(medicine)
F thalassaemia(medicine)
Lepore thalassaemia(medicine)
thalassaemia minor(medicine)
thalassaemia major(medicine)
thalassaemia intermedia(medicine)
thalassaemia, beta(medicine)
beta-d thalassaemia(medicine)

immunity (iou) and thalassaemia (iou)


immunity (iou)



immunity noun. LME.
[Latin immunitas, formed as IMMUNE adjective & noun: see -ITY.]
Law. Exemption from taxation, jurisdiction, an obligation or duty, etc.; gen. privilege. LME.
diplomatic immunity: see DIPLOMATIC adjective.
b. An exemption or privilege; spec. (Ecclesiastical) (an) exemption from a secular or civil liability, duty, etc. LME.
Undue freedom, licence. L16-L17.
Freedom or protection from or from anything injurious or distasteful; lack of susceptibility (to). L16.
P. Ackroyd He was offered immunity from prosecution if he would testify.
Biology. The ability to resist a specific infection, poison, etc., esp. owing to lymphocytes and phagocytes and (in vertebrates) antibodies. Cf. IMMUNE adjective 2. L19.
Betty Smith Vaccination was a giving of the harmless form of smallpox to work up immunity.

thalassaemia (iou)



thalassaemia noun. Also *thalassemia. M20.
[from THALASS(O- (from its original discovery in Mediterranean countries) + Greek haima blood + -IA1.]
Medicine. Any of a group of hereditary haemolytic blood diseases widespread in Mediterranean, African, and Asian countries, caused by the faulty synthesis of part of the haemoglobin molecule and leading to anaemia and Other symptoms. Usu. with specifying word or prefixed Greek letter(s).
thalassaemia major the homozygous form of thalassaemia, which results in the severest symptoms; also called Cooley's anaemia.
thalassaemic noun a person with thalassaemia L20.