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noun
A disease characterized by sickle-shaped red blood cells.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: medicine, sciences
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Synonyms: drepanocytosis
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: hemoglobinopathy
noun
a congenital form of anemia occurring mostly in blacks; characterized by abnormal blood cells having a crescent shape
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: sickle-cell anemia, sickle-cell anaemia, crescent-cell anemia, crescent-cell anaemia, drepanocytic anemia, drepanocytic anaemia
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: monogenic disorder, monogenic disease, anemia, anaemia
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