noun
a congenital form of anemia occurring mostly in blacks; characterized by abnormal blood cells having a crescent shape
• Syn: ↑sickle-cell anemia, ↑sickle-cell disease, ↑crescent-cell anemia, ↑crescent-cell anaemia, ↑drepanocytic anemia, ↑drepanocytic anaemia
• Hypernyms: ↑anemia, ↑anaemia, ↑monogenic disorder, ↑monogenic disease
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sickle-cell anaemia or sickle-celled anaemia noun
(also called sickleˈmia) a severe hereditary anaemia, mainly affecting black people, in which the red blood cells become distorted into a sickle shape and are subsequently destroyed by the body's defence system
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Main Entry: ↑sickle
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sickle-cell anaemia UK US noun [uncountable]
a blood disease that mainly affects black people
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a serious form of ↑anaemia (= a disease of the blood) that is found mostly in people of African family origins, and which is passed down from parents to children
Useful english dictionary. 2012.