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SICKLE-CELL ANAEMIA

Dictionary entry overview: What does sickle-cell anaemia mean?

• SICKLE-CELL ANAEMIA (noun)
The noun SICKLE-CELL ANAEMIA has 1 sense:

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

Familiarity information: SICKLE-CELL ANAEMIA used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• SICKLE-CELL ANAEMIA (noun)

Sense 1

sickle-cell anaemia ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

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 ("sickle-cell anaemia" 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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