sickle cell anemia Definition

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sickle cell anemia

noun(sickle cell anemia)

a chronic inherited anemia that occurs primarily in individuals of African, Mediterranean, or southwest Asian ancestry who are homozygous for the gene controlling hemoglobin S and that is characterized especially by episodic blocking of small blood vessels by sickle cells —called also sickle cell disease

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sickle cell anemia Definition

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