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Definition of Sickle-cell anaemia

1. Noun. A congenital form of anemia occurring mostly in blacks; characterized by abnormal blood cells having a crescent shape.

Definition of Sickle-cell anaemia

1. Noun. (British) A disease characterized by sickle-shaped red blood cells. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sickle-cell Anaemia

Literary usage of Sickle-cell anaemia

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Sickle Cell Disease: Screening, Diagnosis, Management, and Counseling in by Jeanne A. Smith, Thomas R. Kinney (1997)
"Systemic salmonella infections in sickle cell anaemia. Ann Trop Paediatr 1989 Sep;9(3): 169-72. Wethers DL, unpublished data, 1992. Whitten CF. ..."

2. Sickle Cell Disease: Screening, Diagnosis, Management, and Counseling in by Jeanne A. Smith, Thomas R. Kinney (1997)
"Systemic salmonella infections in sickle cell anaemia. Ann Trop Paediatr 1989 Sep;9(3): 169-72. Wethers DL, unpublished data, 1992. Whitten CF. ..."

3. Genes, Behavior, and the Social Environment: Moving Beyond the Nature by Lyla M. Hernandez, Dan G. Blazer (2006)
"Predicting clinical severity in sickle cell anaemia. British Journal of Haematology 129(4):465-481. Stuart MJ, Nagel RL. 2004. Sickle-cell disease. ..."

4. Useful Knowledge: The American Philosophical Society Millennium Program by Alexander G. Bearn, American Philosophical Society (1999)
"Ingram, VM (1956) A specific chemical difference between the globins of normal human and sickle cell anaemia haemoglobin. Nature 178: 792-794. ..."

5. Useful Knowledge: The American Philosophical Society Millennium Program by Alexander G. Bearn, American Philosophical Society (1999)
"Ingram, VM (1956) A specific chemical difference between the globins of normal human and sickle cell anaemia haemoglobin. ..."

6. The Future of Privacy by Perri 6 (1998)
"... a test for sickle cell trait, even though its relationship with sickle cell anaemia and actual illness is much less than that of a surefire predictor. ..."

7. Cord Blood: Establishing a National Hematopoietic Stem Cell Bank Program by Emily Ann Meyer, Kristine M. Gebbie, Kathi E. Hanna (2005)
"Haematopoietic stem cell transplantation for sickle cell anaemia: The first 50 patients transplanted in Belgium. Bone Marrow Transplantation 22(1):1—6. ..."

8. Archaeology of the United Arab Emirates: Proceedings of the First by Daniel T. Potts, Hasan Al Naboodah, Peter Hellyer (2003)
"Genetic diseases (eg sickle-cell anaemia, thalassaemia) can also lead to iron deficiency anaemia but can be distinguished from the acquired type by ..."

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