sickle cell
noun
: an abnormal red blood cell of crescent shape
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web My Friend Jen and one of the UK’s leading sickle cell ambassadors. 
Wunmi Bakare, Essence, 6 Sep. 2022 The drugmaker said Monday that the sickle cell disease franchise of Global Blood Therapeutics, which includes treatments still in development, could eventually reach worldwide peak sales of more than $3 billion. Tom Murphy And Michelle Chapman, Chicago Tribune, 8 Aug. 2022 Gene therapies exist that not only treat cancer or sickle cell disease but may cure them. Pratap Khedkar, STAT, 28 July 2022 Results from an advanced study of Pyrukynd in thalassemia, a condition related to sickle cell anemia, are expected in 2024, and pivotal results from a sickle cell disease study could come in 2025. Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 12 July 2022 Lott said Grady Memorial Hospital, which offers the only sickle cell clinic in the area, is overburdened. Nancy Clanton, ajc, 1 Feb. 2022 It's been there so long that the human genome has evolved to cope with the parasites, in the form of sickle cell disease. Abc News, ABC News, 10 Aug. 2022 The acquisition will boost Pfizer's share of the rare disease treatment business with Oxbryta, a drug to treat sickle cell disease. Harold Maass, The Week, 9 Aug. 2022 Global Therapeutics, which was founded in 2011, makes Oxybryta tablets for treating sickle cell disease. Tom Murphy And Michelle Chapman, Chicago Tribune, 8 Aug. 2022 See More
Wunmi Bakare, Essence, 6 Sep. 2022 The drugmaker said Monday that the sickle cell disease franchise of Global Blood Therapeutics, which includes treatments still in development, could eventually reach worldwide peak sales of more than $3 billion. Tom Murphy And Michelle Chapman, Chicago Tribune, 8 Aug. 2022 Gene therapies exist that not only treat cancer or sickle cell disease but may cure them. Pratap Khedkar, STAT, 28 July 2022 Results from an advanced study of Pyrukynd in thalassemia, a condition related to sickle cell anemia, are expected in 2024, and pivotal results from a sickle cell disease study could come in 2025. Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 12 July 2022 Lott said Grady Memorial Hospital, which offers the only sickle cell clinic in the area, is overburdened. Nancy Clanton, ajc, 1 Feb. 2022 It's been there so long that the human genome has evolved to cope with the parasites, in the form of sickle cell disease. Abc News, ABC News, 10 Aug. 2022 The acquisition will boost Pfizer's share of the rare disease treatment business with Oxbryta, a drug to treat sickle cell disease. Harold Maass, The Week, 9 Aug. 2022 Global Therapeutics, which was founded in 2011, makes Oxybryta tablets for treating sickle cell disease. Tom Murphy And Michelle Chapman, Chicago Tribune, 8 Aug. 2022 See More Word History
First Known Use
circa 1923, in the meaning defined above
Medical Definition
sickle cell
noun
1
: an abnormal rigid, sticky red blood cell of crescent shape
2
: a condition characterized by sickle cells : sickle cell anemia, sickle-cell trait