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sickler

sickler

8.9
A person with a blood disease that changes red blood cells
  • noun
  • /ˈsɪklər/
  • Jargon
translation icon : enfermo de anemia falciforme
  • Living as a sickler means being aware of the symptoms and triggers of sickle cell disease.

Examples

  • The support group for sicklers provided valuable information on managing their health.

  • Well, a sickler gets a cold or a chill.

    A Walk Among the Tombstones (2014)

  • As a sickler, she often faced challenges during the colder months due to her condition.

Surface Forms

sickler singular
sicklers plural

Morphology

sickler = sickle (opaque) = sickle + er

Although the form looks like sickle plus '-er', the meaning 'person with sickle cell disease' is a specialized label that is not compositionally predictable from the tool sense of 'sickle'.

Etymology

Sickler used for a person with sickle cell disease comes from sickle because the red blood cells look like a small curved blade, and the -er ending means 'person', so a sickler is someone who has that condition.