What does "hemoglobinopathy" mean?

Any of a range of inherited genetic disorders affecting hemoglobin.

Hemoglobinopathy

Common synonyms include: anemia, blood, haemoglobinopathy, hemophilia, leukemia, sickle cell anemia.

noun

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Noun

1
Any of a range of inherited genetic disorders affecting hemoglobin. US, countable, uncountable
2
a blood disease characterized by the presence of abnormal hemoglobins in the blood wordnet

From hemoglobin + -o- + -pathy.