Sickle-cell-anaemia Definition
noun
(pathology, UK) 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.
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Synonyms:
- sickle-cell-disease
- sickle-cell-anemia
- drepanocytic anaemia
- drepanocytic anemia
- crescent-cell anemia
- crescent-cell anaemia
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