💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Sickling"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| reaping hooknoun | A sickle, particularly a small one with a short handle used for cutting grass or crops. |
| reap hooknoun | A sickle. |
| sickle cellnoun | (cytology) An abnormal erythrocyte (red blood cell) that has a crescent shape, characteristic of sickle-cell anemia. |
| sickle-cell diseasenoun | (medicine) A disease characterized by sickle-shaped red blood cells. |
| 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. |
| sicklemianoun | (pathology) sickle-cell anemia |
| drepanocytosisnoun | Synonym of sickle-cell disease. |
| sicklernoun | (medicine, informal) A person who has sickle-cell disease. |
| poikilocytosisnoun | (pathology) Presence in the blood of red blood cells with abnormal shape or an entirely different shape |
| 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 |
| haemocytolysisnoun | (dated) The destruction of blood corpuscles. |
| sicklaemianoun | Alternative form of sicklemia. [(pathology) sickle-cell anemia] |
| sanguificationnoun | (physiology) The formation of blood cells. |
| hypersplenismnoun | (medicine) A disorder in which abnormal spleen activity destroys blood cells. |
| dyspoiesisnoun | (medicine) Abnormal formation of blood cells. |
| dacrocytosisnoun | (medicine) The presence of an abnormal number of dacrocytes in the blood. |
| erythrocytopathynoun | (pathology) Any condition caused by a disorder of red blood cells |
| microcytosisnoun | (pathology) A condition characterized by the presence of microcytes in the blood |
| sickle-cell anaemianoun | (British) Alternative form of sickle-cell anemia. [(Canada, US) The most common form of sickle-cell disease, with anemic effects.] |
| anisocytosisnoun | (medicine) Significant size variation of blood cells |
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