Definition of sickle cell
: an abnormal red blood cell of crescent shape
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Staying well hydrated can help prevent a sickle cell crisis.
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Researchers are exploring ways to use gene editing to treat a range of diseases, such as cystic fibrosis, hemophilia and sickle cell disease.
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Her spleen became enlarged because the sickle cells built up in it, so doctors gave her transfusions.
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The umbilical cord blood has a high concentration of stem cells, which can be used for the treatment of leukemia, lymphomas, bone marrow failure syndromes, immune deficiencies and sickle cell disease.
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As many as 100,000 people, mostly those of African descent, have sickle cell disease in the U.S.
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Goins also fiercely advocates for her daughter and the sickle cell community.
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Gloria Karungi and Ronaldlee Ejalu have a daughter who has sickle cell disease.
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While these are useful guidelines, athletes with preexisting medical conditions like asthma, diabetes, or the sickle cell gene should be particularly careful when exercising through an illness.
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First Known Use of sickle cell
circa 1923
Medical Dictionary
sickle cell
medical Definition of sickle cell
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: an abnormal red blood cell of crescent shape
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: a condition characterized by sickle cells : sickle cell anemia, sickle-cell trait
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