Sickle
81sickle feather — one of the paired, elongated, sickle shaped, middle feathers of the tail of the rooster. [1680 90] * * * …
82sickle-hocked — /sik euhl hokt /, adj. Vet. Pathol. noting or pertaining to a condition of horses in which the hock, due to strained tendons and ligaments, is flexed so that the foot is abnormally bowed far under the body. Also called sickle hammed /sik euhl… …
83sickle cell anaemia — noun 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… …
84sickle cell crisis — a broad term used to describe several different acute conditions occurring with sickle cell disease, including aplastic crisis, hemolytic crisis, and vaso occlusive crisis …
85sickle cell–hemoglobin C disease — a genetically determined anemia in which the erythrocytes contain both hemoglobin S and hemoglobin C; symptoms are similar to but less severe than those of sickle cell anemia and may include abdominal and skeletal pain, splenomegaly, splenic… …
86sickle cell–hemoglobin D disease — a genetically determined anemia in which the erythrocytes contain both hemoglobin S and hemoglobin D, with symptoms like those of mild sickle cell anemia. Called also hemoglobin SD d …
87sickle cell hepatopathy — the liver damage that accompanies sickle cell disease, owing especially to vascular occlusion and ischemia, sequestration, and cholestasis …
88sickle cell nephropathy — chronic kidney pathology seen with sickle cell disease, including microangiopathy with capillary obstruction, dilated or obliterated vasa recta, enlarged glomeruli, interstitial fibrosis, and an increased glomerular filtration rate …
89sickle-cell anaemia — (also sickle cell disease) noun a severe hereditary form of anaemia in which a mutated form of haemoglobin distorts the red blood cells into a crescent shape at low oxygen levels …
90sickle-cell anaemia — BrE, sickle cell anemia AmE noun (U) a serious illness that mainly affects black people, in which the blood cells change shape, causing weakness and fever …
