Cooley's anemia

noun

1. thalassemia.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Cooley's anemia¹

1930–35; named after Thomas Benton Cooley (1871–1945), U.S. pediatrician, who reported incidences of the disease

Example Sentences

Daniela Ciriello, the Huskies' youngest teammate, was diagnosed at just 14 months old with Beta Thalassemia Major which is also known as Cooley’s Anemia.

From Fox News

Mr. Girondi accuses the cancer center of dawdling on developing a gene therapy that could potentially cure his son of an inherited blood disease called beta thalassemia, or Cooley’s anemia.

From New York Times

“He’s a great guy, very driven, as I am, and passionate about this,” said Ronald F. Capano, who heads Cooley’s Anemia International, which contributed money to Sloan Kettering for the gene therapy project.

From New York Times

There are at least 5,000 children with Cooley's anemia in the U.S. alone, most of them of Mediterranean descent; unlike most genetic flaws, this one has a known geographic origin.

From Time Magazine Archive

It also maintains an outpatient clinic for Cooley's anemia that currently provides ongoing therapy to approximately 55 victims of this ethnic ailment.

From Time Magazine Archive