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Detailed Synonyms for sickle-cell anemia in English

sickle-cell anemia:

sickle-cell anemia [the ~] noun, American

  1. the sickle-cell anemia
    – a congenital form of anemia occurring mostly in blacks; characterized by abnormal blood cells having a crescent shape 1
    the crescent-cell anemia; the drepanocytic anaemia; the drepanocytic anemia; the sickle-cell anaemia; the sickle-cell anemia; the sickle-cell disease; the crescent-cell anaemia
    – a congenital form of anemia occurring mostly in blacks; characterized by abnormal blood cells having a crescent shape 1

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Related Definitions for "sickle-cell anemia":

  1. a congenital form of anemia occurring mostly in blacks; characterized by abnormal blood cells having a crescent shape1

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