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an erythrocyte shaped like a sickle or crescent owing to the presence of hemoglobin S; seen in sickle cell anemia and other sickle cell diseases (see under disease). Called also drepanocyte.
Sickle cell (arrow).
Medical dictionary. 2011.
sickle cell — /ˈsɪkəl sɛl/ (say sikuhl sel) noun a cell containing a mutant gene which affects the blood of humans, usually black Africans or people of African descent, and which is thought to offer resistance to malaria. –sickle cell, adjective …
sickle-cell disease — n SICKLE CELL ANEMIA * * * a hereditary blood disease that mainly affects people of African ancestry but also occurs in the Mediterranean region and reaches high frequencies in parts of Saudi Arabia and India. It occurs when the sickle cell gene… … Medical dictionary
sickle cell anemia disease — ☆ sickle cell anemia disease n. an inherited chronic anemia found chiefly among blacks, characterized by an abnormal red blood cell (sickle cell) containing a defective form of hemoglobin that causes the cell to become sickle shaped when deprived … Universalium
sickle cell anemia disease — ☆ sickle cell anemia disease n. an inherited chronic anemia found chiefly among blacks, characterized by an abnormal red blood cell (sickle cell) containing a defective form of hemoglobin that causes the cell to become sickle shaped when deprived … English World dictionary
sickle-cell anaemia — sickle cell a naemia BrE sickle cell anemia AmE n [U] a serious illness that mainly affects black people, in which the blood cells change shape, causing weakness and fever … Dictionary of contemporary English
sickle cell trait — ☆ sickle cell trait n. the heterozygous condition of having one gene for sickle cell hemoglobin and one for normal hemoglobin: ordinarily this does not cause anemia or sicklemia … English World dictionary
sickle-cell anemia — n a chronic anemia that occurs in individuals (as those of African or Mediterranean descent) who are homozygous for the gene controlling hemoglobin S and that is characterized by destruction of red blood cells and by episodic blocking of blood… … Medical dictionary
sickle-cell trait — n a usu. asymptomatic blood condition in which some red blood cells tend to sickle but usu. not enough to produce anemia and which occurs in individuals (as those of African or Mediterranean descent) who are heterozygous for the gene controlling… … Medical dictionary
sickle-cell anemia — sickle cell anemia. См. серповидноклеточная анемия. (Источник: «Англо русский толковый словарь генетических терминов». Арефьев В.А., Лисовенко Л.А., Москва: Изд во ВНИРО, 1995 г.) … Молекулярная биология и генетика. Толковый словарь.
sickle-cell trait — sickle cell trait. См. признак серповидных клеток. (Источник: «Англо русский толковый словарь генетических терминов». Арефьев В.А., Лисовенко Л.А., Москва: Изд во ВНИРО, 1995 г.) … Молекулярная биология и генетика. Толковый словарь.
