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sickle-cell anaemia

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Noun

a congenital form of anemia occurring mostly in blacks; characterized by abnormal blood cells having a crescent shape

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sickle-cell anemia sickle-cell disease crescent-cell anemia crescent-cell anaemia drepanocytic anemia drepanocytic anaemia

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