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Alternative spellings
qualifier|US sickle-cell anemia
qualifier|Commonwealth sickle-cell anaemia
Noun
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1. pathology 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 capillary|capillaries. Downstream tissues are thus deprived of oxygen causing ischaemia and infarction.

Synonyms
drepanocytosis
sickle-cell disease
id:sickle cell anaemia

• 2007-11-23 06:42 - Msh210 - wikify; add synonym

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