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sickle-cell anaemia

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sickle-cell anaemia
n
(Medicine / Pathology) a hereditary haemolytic anaemia, occurring in Black populations, and caused by mutant haemoglobin. The red blood cells become sickle-shaped. It is characterized by fever, abdominal pain, jaundice, leg ulcers, etc.
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Noun1.sickle-cell anaemia - a congenital form of anemia occurring mostly in blacks; characterized by abnormal blood cells having a crescent shape
crescent-cell anaemia, crescent-cell anemia, drepanocytic anaemia, drepanocytic anemia, sickle-cell anemia, sickle-cell disease
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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sickle-cell anaemia sickle-cell anemia (US) [ˈsɪklˌseləˈniːmɪə] N → anemia f de células falciformes, drepanocitosis f
sickle-cell anaemia, (US) sickle-cell anemia
n → Sichelzellenanämie f
sickle-cell anaemia [ˌsɪklsɛləˈniːmɪə] n → anemia falciforme
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