💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Sickle cell"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| sickle-cell diseasenoun | (medicine) A disease characterized by sickle-shaped red blood cells. |
| sicklingnoun | The deformation of red blood cells into an abnormal crescent shape. |
| sickle-cell anaemianoun | (British) Alternative form of sickle-cell anemia. [(Canada, US) The most common form of sickle-cell disease, with anemic effects.] |
| sickle cell anaemianoun | (medicine, British) Alternative form of sickle-cell anemia. [(Canada, US) The most common form of sickle-cell disease, with anemic effects.] |
| sicklernoun | (medicine, informal) A person who has sickle-cell disease. |
| sicklemianoun | (pathology) sickle-cell anemia |
| sickle-cell anemianoun | (Canada, US) The most common form of sickle-cell disease, with anemic effects. |
| sicklaemianoun | Alternative form of sicklemia. [(pathology) sickle-cell anemia] |
| drepanocytosisnoun | Synonym of sickle-cell disease. |
| spherocytosisnoun | (pathology) A medical condition in which the red blood cells are globular spheres, rather than having the normal biconvex shape, and are therefore more prone to physical degradation, leading to hemolytic anemia |
| degmacytenoun | (hematology) An abnormally-shaped red blood cell with one or more semicircular portions removed from the cell margin, resulting from the removal of denatured hemoglobin by macrophages in the spleen. |
| acanthocytenoun | (hematology) A pathological, irregularly spiked red blood cell without central pallor. |
| poikilocytosisnoun | (pathology) Presence in the blood of red blood cells with abnormal shape or an entirely different shape |
| cytosisnoun | (biology) The movement of cells between parts of an organism. |
| acanthocytosisnoun | (pathology) The presence of acanthocytes in the blood. |
| cytopenianoun | (cytology) A reduction in the number of blood cells for any of several reasons. |
| erythrocytopathynoun | (pathology) Any condition caused by a disorder of red blood cells |
| thalassemianoun | (medicine) Any of a group of inherited disorders in which the amount of hemoglobin in the blood is reduced. |
| anisocytosisnoun | (medicine) Significant size variation of blood cells |
| schistocytosisnoun | (medicine) An increase in the number of schistocytes in the blood. |
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