SICKLE-CELL ANEMIA


Meaning of SICKLE-CELL ANEMIA in English

noun Date: 1922 a chronic inherited anemia that occurs primarily in individuals of African, Mediterranean, or southwest Asian ancestry who are homozygous for the gene controlling hemoglobin S and that is characterized especially by episodic blocking of small blood vessels by sickle cells

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