sickle cell

noun

: an abnormal red blood cell of crescent shape

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After excluding visits for VOC complicated by other diagnoses that necessitated an ESI 2 and visits for other acute sickle cell disease complications, the study included 66 ED visits by 41 patients. Hannah Millington, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Oct. 2025 Certain rare variants can cause problems on their own, such as the genetic mutations that cause sickle cell anemia and cystic fibrosis. Santhosh Girirajan, The Conversation, 7 Oct. 2025 In the future, gene therapies may be used to treat cystic fibrosis, hemophilia, sickle cell disease, and many other diseases. Alan Lightman september 12, Literary Hub, 12 Sep. 2025 Ryan’s persistence carried him throughout every one of life’s challenges, including his battle with sickle cell disease, which once forced him to have his spleen and gallbladder removed after a health scare in Colorado. Okla Jones, Essence, 7 Sep. 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 20 Oct. 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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