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sickle-cell disease
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Noun1.sickle-cell disease - a congenital form of anemia occurring mostly in blacks; characterized by abnormal blood cells having a crescent shape
monogenic disease, monogenic disorder - an inherited disease controlled by a single pair of genes
anemia, anaemia - a deficiency of red blood cells


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These sickle cells generally block thin blood vessels and minimize the blood flow to some body parts thus damaging them gradually.
The attacks of pain can last from just a few days to several weeks and are treated with powerful painkillers until the sickle cells clear themselves from the system.
This phenomenon is initiated and sustained by a complex interplay between sickle cells, endothelial cells, and plasma constituents.
 
 
 
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