sickle cell

noun Pathology.

an abnormal red blood cell having an elongated, crescentlike shape due to the presence of an abnormal hemoglobin.

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Origin of sickle cell

First recorded in 1925–30; so called from the fact that the cells are often sickle-shaped

Words nearby sickle cell

sickert, sickie, sickish, sickle, sickle bar, sickle cell, sickle cell anemia, sickle cell c disease, sickle cell disease, sickle cell hemoglobin, sickle cell retinopathy
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Medical definitions for sickle cell

sickle cell

n.

An abnormal, crescent-shaped red blood cell that results from a single change in the amino acid sequence of the cell's hemoglobin, which causes the cell to contort, especially under low-oxygen conditions.drepanocyte meniscocyte
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