crescent-cell anaemia

crescent-cell anaemia
noun
a congenital form of anemia occurring mostly in blacks; characterized by abnormal blood cells having a crescent shape
Hypernyms: ↑anemia, ↑anaemia, ↑monogenic disorder, ↑monogenic disease

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  • crescent-cell anemia — 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 anaemia, ↑sickle cell disease, ↑crescent cell anaemia, ↑drepanocytic anemia,… …   Useful english dictionary

  • 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 — 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 disease — 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 anaemia, ↑crescent cell anemia, ↑crescent cell anaemia, ↑drepanocytic anemia,… …   Useful english dictionary

  • sickle-cell anemia — noun a congenital form of anemia occurring mostly in blacks; characterized by abnormal blood cells having a crescent shape • Syn: ↑sickle cell anaemia, ↑sickle cell disease, ↑crescent cell anemia, ↑crescent cell anaemia, ↑drepanocytic anemia,… …   Useful english dictionary

  • drepanocytic 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 anaemia, ↑sickle cell disease, ↑crescent cell anemia, ↑crescent cell anaemia,… …   Useful english dictionary

  • drepanocytic anemia — 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 anaemia, ↑sickle cell disease, ↑crescent cell anemia, ↑crescent cell anaemia,… …   Useful english dictionary

  • monogenic disease — noun an inherited disease controlled by a single pair of genes • Syn: ↑monogenic disorder • Hypernyms: ↑genetic disease, ↑genetic disorder, ↑genetic abnormality, ↑genetic defect, ↑congenital disease, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • monogenic disorder — noun an inherited disease controlled by a single pair of genes • Syn: ↑monogenic disease • Hypernyms: ↑genetic disease, ↑genetic disorder, ↑genetic abnormality, ↑genetic defect, ↑congenital disease, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

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