sickle-cell anaemia

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.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

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

Translations

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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sickle-cell anaemia [ˌsɪklsɛləˈniːmɪə] n → anemia falciforme