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CRESCENT-CELL ANEMIA

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Dictionary entry overview: What does crescent-cell anemia mean?

• CRESCENT-CELL ANEMIA (noun)
The noun CRESCENT-CELL ANEMIA has 1 sense:

1. a congenital form of anemia occurring mostly in blacks; characterized by abnormal blood cells having a crescent shape

Familiarity information: CRESCENT-CELL ANEMIA used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• CRESCENT-CELL ANEMIA (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A congenital form of anemia occurring mostly in blacks; characterized by abnormal blood cells having a crescent shape

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

crescent-cell anaemia; crescent-cell anemia; drepanocytic anaemia; drepanocytic anemia; sickle-cell anaemia; sickle-cell anemia; sickle-cell disease

Hypernyms ("crescent-cell anemia" is a kind of...):

monogenic disease; monogenic disorder (an inherited disease controlled by a single pair of genes)

anaemia; anemia (a deficiency of red blood cells)

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