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SICKLE CELL

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

1. an abnormal red blood cell that has a crescent shape and an abnormal form of hemoglobin

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

• SICKLE CELL (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

An abnormal red blood cell that has a crescent shape and an abnormal form of hemoglobin

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("sickle cell" is a kind of...):

erythrocyte; RBC; red blood cell (a mature blood cell that contains hemoglobin to carry oxygen to the bodily tissues; a biconcave disc that has no nucleus)

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