sickle-cell disease

English

Noun

sickle-cell disease (uncountable)

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

   Synonym: drepanocytosis

   Hypernym: hemoglobinopathy

   Hyponyms: sickle cell anaemia, sickle-cell anaemia, sickle-cell anemia

   Coordinate term: sickle cell trait

Translations

sickle-cell disease — see sickle-cell anemia