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Definition of Sickle cell

1. Noun. An abnormal red blood cell that has a crescent shape and an abnormal form of hemoglobin.

Medical Definition of Sickle cell

1. An erythrocyte that changes from the normal discoid shape to a sickled shape when the oxygen tension is low. The pesence of these cells indicates that the patient is homozygotes for the allele that codes for haemoglobin S and that the patient has sickle cell anaemia. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

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Literary usage of Sickle cell

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1. Handbook of Severe Disability: A Text for Rehabilitation Counselors, Other edited by Walter C. Stolov, Michael R. Clowers (2000)
"For these reasons, persons with sickle cell disease are reluctant to disclose the ... Although sickle cell disease seems to present many impediments to ..."

2. Guide To Clinical Preventive Services by U. S. Preventive Services Task Force (1989)
"Scott RB, Castro О. Screening for sickle cell hemoglobinopathies. JAMA 1979; 241:1145-7. ... Is a national program to prevent sickle cell disease possible? ..."

3. Healthy People 2000: National Health Promotion & Disease Prevention by DIANE Publishing Company (2004)
"(Baseline: For sickle cell anemia, with 20 States reporting, approximately 33 percent of live births screened (57 percent of black infants); ..."

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