drepanocytic anemia
1drepanocytic anemia — noun a congenital form of anemia occurring mostly in blacks; characterized by abnormal blood cells having a crescent shape • Syn: ↑sickle cell anemia, ↑sickle cell anaemia, ↑sickle cell disease, ↑crescent cell anemia, ↑crescent cell anaemia,… …
2drepanocytic anaemia — noun a congenital form of anemia occurring mostly in blacks; characterized by abnormal blood cells having a crescent shape • Syn: ↑sickle cell anemia, ↑sickle cell anaemia, ↑sickle cell disease, ↑crescent cell anemia, ↑crescent cell anaemia,… …
3Anemia — The condition of having less than the normal number of red blood cells or less than the normal quantity of hemoglobin in the blood. The oxygen carrying capacity of the blood is, therefore, decreased. Persons with anemia may feel tired and fatigue …
4sickle-cell anemia — noun a congenital form of anemia occurring mostly in blacks; characterized by abnormal blood cells having a crescent shape • Syn: ↑sickle cell anaemia, ↑sickle cell disease, ↑crescent cell anemia, ↑crescent cell anaemia, ↑drepanocytic anemia,… …
5crescent-cell anemia — noun a congenital form of anemia occurring mostly in blacks; characterized by abnormal blood cells having a crescent shape • Syn: ↑sickle cell anemia, ↑sickle cell anaemia, ↑sickle cell disease, ↑crescent cell anaemia, ↑drepanocytic anemia,… …
6sickle-cell disease — noun a congenital form of anemia occurring mostly in blacks; characterized by abnormal blood cells having a crescent shape • Syn: ↑sickle cell anemia, ↑sickle cell anaemia, ↑crescent cell anemia, ↑crescent cell anaemia, ↑drepanocytic anemia,… …
7crescent-cell anaemia — noun a congenital form of anemia occurring mostly in blacks; characterized by abnormal blood cells having a crescent shape • Syn: ↑sickle cell anemia, ↑sickle cell anaemia, ↑sickle cell disease, ↑crescent cell anemia, ↑drepanocytic anemia,… …
8sickle-cell anaemia — noun a congenital form of anemia occurring mostly in blacks; characterized by abnormal blood cells having a crescent shape • Syn: ↑sickle cell anemia, ↑sickle cell disease, ↑crescent cell anemia, ↑crescent cell anaemia, ↑drepanocytic anemia,… …
9monogenic disease — noun an inherited disease controlled by a single pair of genes • Syn: ↑monogenic disorder • Hypernyms: ↑genetic disease, ↑genetic disorder, ↑genetic abnormality, ↑genetic defect, ↑congenital disease, ↑ …
10monogenic disorder — noun an inherited disease controlled by a single pair of genes • Syn: ↑monogenic disease • Hypernyms: ↑genetic disease, ↑genetic disorder, ↑genetic abnormality, ↑genetic defect, ↑congenital disease, ↑ …
