(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.
(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.
Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004