| sickle-cell anaemia 
 
 a congenital form of anemia occurring mostly in blacks;
 characterized by abnormal blood cells having a crescent shape
 • Syn:
 sickle-cell anemia, sickle-cell disease, crescent-cell anemia, crescent-cell anaemia, drepanocytic anemia, drepanocytic anaemia
 • Hypernyms:
 anemia, anaemia, monogenic disorder, monogenic disease
 
 
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