sickle cell

noun

: an abnormal red blood cell of crescent shape

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Crushing pain episodes brought on by his sickle cell disease were getting progressively worse. Bertha Coombs, CNBC, 18 Feb. 2025 First are medical conditions, such as a previous stroke or TIA, high blood pressure, diabetes, high cholesterol, sickle cell disease and obesity. Katia Hetter, CNN, 7 Feb. 2025 Neely, who had health issues including schizophrenia and sickle cell trait and was a chronic abuser of synthetic marijuana, died due to exertion from the struggle and not because he'd been choked out, defense lawyers Thomas Kenniff and Steven Raiser argued. Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 22 Nov. 2024 In cases of a sickle cell bone marrow transplant, the best results come from a sibling. Zoey Lyttle, People.com, 27 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for sickle cell 

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1923, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of sickle cell was circa 1923

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“Sickle cell.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sickle%20cell. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.

Kids Definition

sickle cell

noun
: an abnormal red blood cell that is crescent-shaped

Medical Definition

sickle cell

noun
1
: an abnormal rigid, sticky red blood cell of crescent shape
2
: a condition characterized by sickle cells : sickle cell anemia, sickle-cell trait
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