Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
sickle-cell anaemia
noun
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ The build-up of recessive genes increases the incidence of genetically determined diseases, such as sickle-cell anaemia in humans.
Wiktionary
sickle-cell anaemia
alt. (context British English) A disease characterized by sickle-shaped red blood cells. n. (context British English) A disease characterized by sickle-shaped red blood cells.
WordNet
sickle-cell anaemia
n. a congenital form of anemia occurring mostly in blacks; characterized by abnormal blood cells having a crescent shape [syn: sickle-cell anemia, sickle-cell disease, crescent-cell anemia, crescent-cell anaemia, drepanocytic anemia, drepanocytic anaemia]