sickle-cell anemia
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- noun
- /ˈsɪkəl ˈsɛl əˈniːmə/
- Specialized
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anemia de células falciformes
- The doctor explained that sickle-cell anemia is a genetic disorder affecting the shape of red blood cells.
- sickle-cell anemia and thalassemia
- diseases, including sickle-cell anemia
Should we allow this tool to be used to fight sickle cell anemia?
- Should we allow this tool to be used to fight sickle cell anemia?
Examples
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When this gene is inherited from both parents, the bearer has sickle cell anemia, but those with only one copy of the gene are protected from malaria.
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Catherine has sickle-cell anemia.
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When I started graduate school, I knew I wanted to do sickle cell anemia research.
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There's a disease of the blood called sickle-cell anemia.
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He's got sickle cell anemia.
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We may be able to eliminate things like sickle cell anemia, Huntington's disease, and other conditions.
Academic text (2001) -
Some diseases, like sickle cell anemia, for example, are caused by a defect in only one gene.
Academic text (2015) -
Today, pre-implantation genetic screening is used regarding a number of genetic diseases, including sickle-cell anemia and Tay-Sachs.
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Inherited hemoglobin defects include sickle cell anemia and thalassemia.
Academic text (2003) -
So we're seeing CRISPR treatments and CRISPR cures for sickle cell anemia, for thalassemia, which I think is extraordinary.
Synonyms
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A blood condition passed from parents that makes red blood cells crescent-shaped and causes pain
A blood disease you are born with in which red blood cells become sickle-shaped and cause tiredness and pain
An inherited blood disease in which red blood cells become crescent-shaped and break early, causing pain and tiredness
Surface Forms
Morphology
sickle-cell + anemia
The term is compositionally built from 'sickle' (a curved farming tool) + 'cell' and 'anemia' (low red blood cells), so a learner who knows those constituents can infer an anemia involving sickle-shaped red blood cells. This follows common medical compounding patterns and is therefore directly derivable from the parts.
Etymology
Sickle-cell anemia comes from the curved farming tool called a sickle and the word cell, because some red blood cells bend into a 'crescent' shape like that tool. Those bent cells cannot carry oxygen well, so people have 'anemia', which means 'not enough healthy red blood cells', and that is why the name fits the blood problem.