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sickle cell trait
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sickle cell trait
n.
A hereditary condition, usually harmless and without symptoms, in which an individual carries only one mutated hemoglobin gene for sickle cell anemia.
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Sudden death tied to sickle-cell trait Black military recruits carrying the abnormal hemoglobin S in their red blood cells are 28 to 40 times more likely to die suddenly during strenuous physical exertion than are recruits without the so-called sickle-cell trait, researchers reported this week.
Sudden death tied to sickle-cell trait by Edwards, D.D. / Science News
 
 
 
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