sickle-cell disease

English

Noun

sickle-cell disease (uncountable)

(medicine) A disease characterized by sickle-shaped red blood cells.

Synonyms

(Commonwealth) sickle cell anaemia, sickle-cell anaemia
(US) sickle-cell anemia

Translations

sickle-cell disease — see sickle-cell anemia

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