sickle cell hemoglobin

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• sickle cell trait — ☆ sickle cell trait n. the heterozygous condition of having one gene for sickle cell hemoglobin and one for normal hemoglobin: ordinarily this does not cause anemia or sicklemia …   English World dictionary

• sickle cell — n 1) an abnormal red blood cell of crescent shape 2) a condition characterized by sickle cells: SICKLE CELL ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL TRAIT * * * see drepanocyte * * * an erythrocyte shaped like a sickle or crescent owing to the presence of …   Medical dictionary

• sickle cell anemia disease — ☆ sickle cell anemia disease n. an inherited chronic anemia found chiefly among blacks, characterized by an abnormal red blood cell (sickle cell) containing a defective form of hemoglobin that causes the cell to become sickle shaped when deprived …   Universalium

• sickle cell anemia disease — ☆ sickle cell anemia disease n. an inherited chronic anemia found chiefly among blacks, characterized by an abnormal red blood cell (sickle cell) containing a defective form of hemoglobin that causes the cell to become sickle shaped when deprived …   English World dictionary

• sickle-cell anemia — n a chronic anemia that occurs in individuals (as those of African or Mediterranean descent) who are homozygous for the gene controlling hemoglobin S and that is characterized by destruction of red blood cells and by episodic blocking of blood… …   Medical dictionary

• sickle-cell trait — n a usu. asymptomatic blood condition in which some red blood cells tend to sickle but usu. not enough to produce anemia and which occurs in individuals (as those of African or Mediterranean descent) who are heterozygous for the gene controlling… …   Medical dictionary

• Sickle cell trait — Infobox Disease Name = Sickle cell trait Caption = DiseasesDB = ICD10 = ICD10|D|57|3|d|55 ICD9 = ICDO = OMIM = 603903 MedlinePlus = 000527 eMedicineSubj = search eMedicineTopic = Sickle%20cell MeshID = Sickle cell trait describes the way a person …   Wikipedia

• Sickle cell disease — A genetic blood disease due to the presence of an abnormal form of hemoglobin, namely hemoglobin S. Hemoglobin is the molecule in red blood cells that transports oxygen from the lungs to the farthest reaches of the body. Sickle cell disease, also …   Medical dictionary

• sickle cell anemia — Pathol. a chronic hereditary blood disease, occurring primarily among Africans or persons of African descent, in which abnormal hemoglobin causes red blood cells to become sickle shaped and nonfunctional, characterized by enlarged spleen, chronic …   Universalium

• Sickle cell anemia — A genetic blood disease due to the presence of an abnormal form of hemoglobin, namely hemoglobin S. Hemoglobin is the molecule in red blood cells that transports oxygen from the lungs to the farthest areas of the body. Sickle cell anemia affects… …   Medical dictionary

• Sickle cell trait — The condition in which a person has one copy of the gene for sickle cell (and is called a sickle heterozygote) but does not have sickle cell disease (which requires two copies of the sickle cell gene). If two people with sickle cell trait mate… …   Medical dictionary