- sickle-cell anaemia
- BrE, sickle-cell anemia AmE noun (U) a serious illness that mainly affects black people, in which the blood cells change shape, causing weakness and fever
Longman dictionary of contemporary English. 2004.
sickle-cell anaemia
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sickle-cell anaemia — noun a congenital form of anemia occurring mostly in blacks; characterized by abnormal blood cells having a crescent shape • Syn: ↑sickle cell anemia, ↑sickle cell disease, ↑crescent cell anemia, ↑crescent cell anaemia, ↑drepanocytic anemia,… … Useful english dictionary
sickle-cell anaemia — N UNCOUNT Sickle cell anaemia is an inherited illness in which the red blood cells become curved, causing a number of health problems. (in AM, use sickle cell anemia) … English dictionary
sickle-cell anaemia — sickle cell a naemia BrE sickle cell anemia AmE n [U] a serious illness that mainly affects black people, in which the blood cells change shape, causing weakness and fever … Dictionary of contemporary English
sickle cell anaemia — noun A severe hereditary form of anaemia, mainly affecting people of African origin, in which mutated haemoglobin distorts red blood cells into a crescent shape, causing the cells to become stuck in capillaries. Downstream tissues are thus… … Wiktionary
sickle-cell anaemia — (also sickle cell disease) noun a severe hereditary form of anaemia in which a mutated form of haemoglobin distorts the red blood cells into a crescent shape at low oxygen levels … English new terms dictionary
sickle-cell anaemia — noun A disease characterized by sickle shaped red blood cells. Syn: sickle cell disease … Wiktionary
sickle cell anaemia — Disease common in races of people from areas in which malaria is endemic. The cause is a point mutation in haemoglobin (valine instead of glutamic acid at position 6), and the altered haemoglobin (HbS) crystallises readily at low oxygen tension.… … Dictionary of molecular biology
sickle-cell anaemia — /ˌsɪkəl sɛl əˈnimiə/ (say .sikuhl sel uh neemeeuh) noun a hereditary disease characterised by the crystallisation of sickle cells within erythrocytes, distorting them and clogging blood vessels …
sickle-celled anaemia — sickle cell anaemia or sickle celled anaemia noun (also called sickleˈmia) a severe hereditary anaemia, mainly affecting black people, in which the red blood cells become distorted into a sickle shape and are subsequently destroyed by the body s… … Useful english dictionary
sickle-cell anaemia — UK / US noun [uncountable] a blood disease that mainly affects black people … English dictionary
