sickle-cell anaemia

Noun sickle-cell anaemia has 1 sense

• sickle-cell anaemia(n = noun.state) crescent-cell anaemia, crescent-cell anemia, drepanocytic anaemia, drepanocytic anemia, sickle-cell anemia, sickle-cell disease - a congenital form of anemia occurring mostly in blacks; characterized by abnormal blood cells having a crescent shape;
is a kind of monogenic disease, monogenic disorder, anaemia, anemia