- thalassemia, thalassaemia, Mediterranean anemia, Mediterranean anaemia - an inherited form of anemia caused by faulty synthesis of hemoglobin
--1 is a kind of hypochromic anemia, hypochromic anaemia; monogenic disorder, monogenic disease
--1 has particulars:Cooley's anemia, Cooley's anaemia, thalassemia major, thalassaemia major