sickle-cell disease
English
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Noun
[edit]sickle-cell disease (uncountable)
- (medicine) A disease characterized by sickle-shaped red blood cells.
- Synonym: drepanocytosis
- Hypernym: hemoglobinopathy
- Hyponyms: sickle cell anaemia, sickle-cell anaemia, sickle-cell anemia
- Coordinate term: sickle cell trait
Translations
[edit]sickle-cell disease — see sickle-cell anemia