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Categories: Sickle-cell disease, Autosomal recessive disorders, Articles with short description, Health in Africa, Hematopathology
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sickle-cell anemia  sickle-cell anaemia  sickle-cell disease  crescent-cell anemia  crescent-cell anaemia
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A congenital form of anemia occurring mostly in blacks; characterized by abnormal blood cells having a crescent shape WordNet 3.0
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A congenital form of anemia occurring mostly in blacks; characterized by abnormal blood cells having a crescent shape WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
Sickle cell disease is a group of blood disorders typically inherited. Wikipedia
Type of hereditary blood disorder Wikidata
A life-long blood disorder characterized by red blood cells that assume an abnormal, rigid, sickle shape. OmegaWiki
A disease characterized by sickle-shaped red blood cells. Wiktionary
Disease characterized by sickle-shaped red blood cells. Wiktionary (translation)
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 deprived of oxygen causing ischaemia and infarction. Wiktionary
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