sickle cell
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of sickle cell
First recorded in 1925–30; so called from the fact that the cells are often sickle-shaped
Example Sentences
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People living with sickle cell disease have red blood cells that are crescent shaped due to a gene mutation.
From Los Angeles Times
While making the project, his mother suffered two strokes, his brother was treated for psychosis, and his younger sister died of sickle cell anaemia.
From BBC
"The first gene editing drug approved for a blood disease -- sickle cell anemia -- targets a cell-type specific enhancer."
From Science Daily
Cases include electrocution, drowning, overdose, scurvy, sickle cell anemia, a nail in the chest, a fastball in the eye and gallstones, with all the personal drama one expects from a hospital show.
From Los Angeles Times
The biotech said a Phase 3 trial for mitapivat, a drug to treat sickle cell disease, had failed to meet several endpoints.
From Barron's
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