sickle cell

noun

: an abnormal red blood cell of crescent shape

Examples of sickle cell in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The charge also reflected the removal of revenue projections for its sickle cell disease drug Oxbryta after recent discussions with the Food and Drug Administration. — Annika Kim Constantino, CNBC, 4 Aug. 2026

Swimming pools are heated to 93 or 94 degrees so children with sickle cell disease don’t have a crisis. — Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 29 July 2026

That changed when regulators approved Casgevy (exa-cel), the first medicine to use CRISPR gene editing to treat sickle cell disease and transfusion-dependent beta thalassemia. — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 27 July 2026

Agios Pharmaceuticals is discontinuing the development of a next-generation drug called tebapivat for sickle cell disease. — Elaine Chen, STAT, 21 July 2026

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1923, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for sickle cell

• bagatelle
• calomel
• caravel
• carousel
• carrousel
• citadel
• clientele
• commonweal
• coronel
• decibel
• demoiselle
• fontanelle

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