sickle cell anaemia
noun /ˌsɪkl sel əˈniːmiə/
/ˌsɪkl sel əˈniːmiə/
(British English) (North American English sickle cell anemia)
(also sickle cell disease)
[uncountable]- a serious form of anaemia (= a disease of the blood) that is found mostly in people of African family origins, and which is passed down from parents to children