thalassemiac

English

Etymology

From thalassemia +‎ -ac.

Noun

thalassemiac (plural thalassemiacs)

1. (medicine) A person who has thalassemia.

   Synonym: thalassemic

   • 2008 February, Yu-Wen Hu, Moslih I. Al-Moslih, Mahmoud Talib Al Ali, Samra Uzicanin, Heather Perkins, Qi-Long Yi, Shabnam Rahimi Khameneh, Jun Wu, Earl G. Brown, “Clinical Outcome of Frequent Exposure to Torque Teno Virus (TTV) Through Blood Transfusion in Thalassemia Patients With or Without Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) Infection”, in Journal of Medical Virology, volume 80, number 2, →DOI, page 369:

     To further assess whether a specific genotype or group of TTV is associated with elevated ALT levels in thalassemiacs, we compared the genotypes infecting patients with abnormal ALT levels (>100 IU/L) and patients with normal ALT levels (<50 IU/L).