crescent-cell anemia
Definition
- Noun:
- A congenital form of anemia occurring mostly in people of African descent; characterized by abnormal blood cells having a crescent shape: It is a specific, inherited blood disorder where red blood cells become rigid and shaped like a crescent or sickle, leading to various health complications.
Usage Examples
- Noun:
- Early diagnosis is crucial for managing crescent-cell anemia.
- The patient was hospitalized due to a crisis related to his crescent-cell anemia.
Advanced Usage
- Medical Context: The term is used specifically in medical diagnostics and literature to describe this hereditary condition.
- Research into gene therapy offers hope for a cure for crescent-cell anemia.
Variants and Related Words
- Sickle-cell anemia (noun): This is the more common and standard term for the same condition.
- Sickle-cell anemia and crescent-cell anemia refer to the same disorder.
- Sickle-cell disease (noun): A broader term that encompasses all genotypes of the disorder.
- HbSS disease (noun): A technical term for the most severe form.
Synonyms
- Sickle-cell anemia: The primary synonym.
- Sickle-cell disorder: A more general synonym.
Related Phrases
- Sickle-cell crisis (noun phrase): A painful episode that is a common complication of the disease.
- He was treated for a severe sickle-cell crisis.
- Sickle-cell trait (noun phrase): The condition of carrying one gene for the disorder, which typically does not cause symptoms.
- Testing revealed she had the sickle-cell trait.
Noun
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a congenital form of anemia occurring mostly in blacks; characterized by abnormal blood cells having a crescent shape
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