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Detailed Synonyms for sickle-cell disease in English
sickle-cell disease:
sickle-cell disease [the ~] noun
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the sickle-cell disease
– a congenital form of anemia occurring mostly in blacks; characterized by abnormal blood cells having a crescent shape 1the sickle-cell anaemia; the sickle-cell anemia; the sickle-cell disease; the crescent-cell anaemia; the crescent-cell anemia; the drepanocytic anaemia; the drepanocytic anemia– a congenital form of anemia occurring mostly in blacks; characterized by abnormal blood cells having a crescent shape 1