English > sickle-cell anemia: 1 sense > noun 1, state| Meaning | A congenital form of anemia occurring mostly in blacks; characterized by abnormal blood cells having a crescent shape. |
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| Synonyms | sickle-cell anaemia, sickle-cell disease, crescent-cell anemia, crescent-cell anaemia, drepanocytic anemia, drepanocytic anaemia |
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| Broader | anemia, anaemia | A deficiency of red blood cells |
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| monogenic disorder, monogenic disease | An inherited disease controlled by a single pair of genes |
| Spanish | anemia de células falciformes, anemia drepanocítica, drepanocitosis falcemia |
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| Catalan | anèmia de cèl·lules falciformes |
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