hemoglobinopathy
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Related to hemoglobinopathy: Hemoglobin electrophoresis
hemoglobinopathy
[‚hē·mə‚glō·bə′näp·ə·thē] (medicine)
Any blood dyscrasia resulting from the genetically determined alteration of the chemical nature of hemoglobin.
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