sickle-cell anaemia
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sickle-cell anaemia
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(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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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 |
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sickle-cell anaemia
sickle-cell anemia (US) [ˈsɪklˌseləˈniːmɪə] N → anemia f de células falciformes, drepanocitosis fCollins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
sickle-cell anaemia
, (US) sickle-cell anemian → Sichelzellenanämie f
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