sickle cell anemia
31sickle cell trait — Pathol. the usually asymptomatic hereditary condition that occurs when a person inherits from only one parent the abnormal hemoglobin gene characteristic of sickle cell anemia. Also called sicklemia. [1925 30] * * * …
32sickle-cell anaemia — BrE, sickle cell anemia AmE noun (U) a serious illness that mainly affects black people, in which the blood cells change shape, causing weakness and fever …
33sickle cell trait — Pathol. the usually asymptomatic hereditary condition that occurs when a person inherits from only one parent the abnormal hemoglobin gene characteristic of sickle cell anemia. Also called sicklemia. [1925 30] …
34sickle cell trait — ☆ sickle cell trait n. the heterozygous condition of having one gene for sickle cell hemoglobin and one for normal hemoglobin: ordinarily this does not cause anemia or sicklemia …
35sickle-cell trait — n a usu. asymptomatic blood condition in which some red blood cells tend to sickle but usu. not enough to produce anemia and which occurs in individuals (as those of African or Mediterranean descent) who are heterozygous for the gene controlling… …
36crescent-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,… …
37sickle-cell trait — noun : an inherited blood condition in which some red blood cells tend to sickle but usually not enough to produce anemia, which occurs primarily in individuals of Negro ancestry, and which is held to result from heterozygosity for a semidominant …
38Disease, sickle cell — A genetic blood disease due to the presence of an abnormal form of hemoglobin, namely hemoglobin S. Hemoglobin is the molecule in red blood cells that transports oxygen from the lungs to the farthest reaches of the body. Sickle cell disease, also …
39Trait, sickle cell — A person who possess one copy of the gene for sickle cell anemia. This person carries the gene but does not have the disease. If two people with sickle cell trait have children together, each of their children has a one in four chance (25%) of… …
40sickle-cell trait — noun Date: 1928 an inherited usually asymptomatic blood condition in which some red blood cells tend to sickle but usually not enough to produce anemia and that occurs primarily in individuals of African, Mediterranean, or southwest Asian… …
