sickle-cell disease

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sickle-cell disease (uncountable)

  1. (medicine) A disease characterized by sickle-shaped red blood cells.
    Synonym: drepanocytosis
    Hypernym: hemoglobinopathy
    Hyponyms: sickle cell anaemia, sickle-cell anaemia, sickle-cell anemia
    Coordinate term: sickle cell trait

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