- vasoocclusive crisis
- a type of sickle cell crisis in which there is severe pain due to infarctions, which may be in the bones, joints, lungs, liver, spleen, kidney, eye, or central nervous system.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
vasoocclusive crisis
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