sickle erythrocyte

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• 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 — 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

• erythrocyte — erythrocytic /i rith reuh sit ik/, adj. /i rith reuh suyt /, n. Physiol. See red blood cell. [1890 95; ERYTHRO + CYTE] * * * or red blood cell or red blood corpuscle Blood cell that carries oxygen from the lungs to the body tissues. Hemoglobin… …   Universalium

• sickle cell — noun an abnormal red blood cell that has a crescent shape and an abnormal form of hemoglobin • Hypernyms: ↑red blood cell, ↑RBC, ↑erythrocyte …   Useful english dictionary

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• blood disease — Introduction       any disease of the blood, involving the red blood cells (erythrocytes (erythrocyte)), white blood cells (leukocytes (leukocyte)), or platelets (platelet) (thrombocytes) or the tissues in which these elements are formed the bone …   Universalium

• Cell — The basic structural and functional unit in people and all living things. Each cell is a small container of chemicals and water wrapped in a membrane. Each cell in the human body there are 100 trillion cells in each of us contains the entire… …   Medical dictionary