sickle-cell trait

sickle–cell trait

noun

Definition of SICKLE-CELL TRAIT

: an inherited usually asymptomatic blood condition in which some red blood cells tend to sickle but usually not enough to produce anemia and that occurs primarily in individuals of African, Mediterranean, or southwest Asian ancestry who are heterozygous for the gene controlling hemoglobin S

First Known Use of SICKLE-CELL TRAIT

1928