unsickling

English

Etymology

un- +‎ sickling

Noun

unsickling (uncountable)

1. The removal of the crescent deformation from a red blood cell
   • 2015 August 26, “Effect of Chronic Blood Transfusion on Biomarkers of Coagulation Activation and Thrombin Generation in Sickle Cell Patients at Risk for Stroke”, in PLOS ONE‎^[1], →DOI:

     Secondly, there is evidence from multiple studies that repeated sickling and unsickling of RBCs in SCD, results in an over exposure of membrane phospahtidyl serine (PS).