Meanings
nounsickle-cell anemia (uncountable)
alternative sickle cell anaemia · alternative sickle-cell anaemia
- CanadaUSuncountableThe most common form of sickle-cell disease, with anemic effects.
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna congenital form of anemia occurring mostly in blacks; characterized by abnormal blood cells having a crescent shape
Similar
sickle-cell anaemiasickle-cell diseasecrescent-cell anemiacrescent-cell anaemiadrepanocytic anemiadrepanocytic anaemia
Also see
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 鐮刀型紅血球疾病 /镰刀型红血球疾病
- 鐮刀型紅血球疾病 /镰刀型红血球疾病 (liándāoxíng hóngxuèqiú jíbìng)disease characterized by sickle-shaped red blood cells
Czech srpkovitá anémie
- srpkovitá anémiedisease characterized by sickle-shaped red blood cells
Dutch sikkelcelanemie
- sikkelcelanemiedisease characterized by sickle-shaped red blood cells
Esperanto serpoĉela anemio
- serpoĉela anemiodisease characterized by sickle-shaped red blood cells
Finnish sirppisoluanemia
- sirppisoluanemiadisease characterized by sickle-shaped red blood cells
French drépanocytose, anémie falciforme
- drépanocytosedisease characterized by sickle-shaped red blood cells
- anémie falciformedisease characterized by sickle-shaped red blood cells
- drépanocytanémiedisease characterized by sickle-shaped red blood cells
- sicklémiedisease characterized by sickle-shaped red blood cells
German Sichelzellenanämie
- Sichelzellenanämiedisease characterized by sickle-shaped red blood cells
Hungarian sarlósejtes vérszegénység
- sarlósejtes vérszegénységdisease characterized by sickle-shaped red blood cells
Italian drepanocitosi
- drepanocitosidisease characterized by sickle-shaped red blood cells
Japanese 鎌状赤血球症
- 鎌状赤血球症 (kamajō sekkekkyūshō)disease characterized by sickle-shaped red blood cells
Polish anemia sierpowata, niedokrwistość sierpowatokrwinkowa
- anemia sierpowatadisease characterized by sickle-shaped red blood cells
- niedokrwistość sierpowatokrwinkowadisease characterized by sickle-shaped red blood cells
Portuguese anemia falciforme
- anemia falciformedisease characterized by sickle-shaped red blood cells
Russian серповиднокле́точная анеми́я
- серповиднокле́точная анеми́я (serpovidnoklétočnaja anemíja)disease characterized by sickle-shaped red blood cells
Slovak kosáčikovitá anémia
- kosáčikovitá anémiadisease characterized by sickle-shaped red blood cells
Spanish anemia falciforme, drepanocitosis
- anemia falciformedisease characterized by sickle-shaped red blood cells
- drepanocitosisdisease characterized by sickle-shaped red blood cells
- anemia de células falciformesdisease characterized by sickle-shaped red blood cells
- anemia drepanocíticadisease characterized by sickle-shaped red blood cells
Swahili anemia ya seli mundu
- anemia ya seli mundudisease characterized by sickle-shaped red blood cells
Swedish sickelcellanemi
- sickelcellanemidisease characterized by sickle-shaped red blood cells
Turkish orak hücre anemisi
- orak hücre anemisidisease characterized by sickle-shaped red blood cells
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sickle-cell anemia. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sickle-cell%20anemia
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“sickle-cell anemia.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sickle-cell%20anemia. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sickle-cell anemia,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sickle-cell%20anemia.
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