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sickle-cell anemia
Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | sickle-cell anemia - a congenital form of anemia occurring mostly in blacks; characterized by abnormal blood cells having a crescent shapecrescent-cell anaemia, crescent-cell anemia, drepanocytic anaemia, drepanocytic anemia, sickle-cell anaemia, sickle-cell diseasemonogenic disease, monogenic disorder - an inherited disease controlled by a single pair of genesanemia, anaemia - a deficiency of red blood cells |
sickle-cell anemia
sickle-cell anemia[′sik·əl ¦sel ə′nē·mē·ə] (medicine) A chronic, hereditary hemolytic and thrombotic disorder in which hypoxia causes the erythrocyte to assume a sickle shape; occurs in individuals homozygous for sickle-cell hemoglobin trait. Also known as sickle-cell disease. Sickle-cell anemia
Sickle-cell anemiaA chronic, inherited blood disorder characterized by crescent-shaped red blood cells. It occurs primarily in people of African descent, and produces symptoms including episodic pain in the joints, fever, leg ulcers, and jaundice.Mentioned in: Genetic Counselingsickle-cell anemia
Related to sickle-cell anemia: Tay-Sachs disease, hemophiliaSynonyms for sickle-cell anemianoun a congenital form of anemia occurring mostly in blacksSynonyms- crescent-cell anaemia
- crescent-cell anemia
- drepanocytic anaemia
- drepanocytic anemia
- sickle-cell anaemia
- sickle-cell disease
Related Words- monogenic disease
- monogenic disorder
- anemia
- anaemia
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