hemoglobin Lepore

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A typically asymptomatic hemoglobinopathy caused by an autosomal recessive genetic mutation.

Word forms

hemoglobin Lepore

Etymology

First identified in the Lepore family, an Italian-American family, in 1958.

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