NOUN
- a congenital form of anemia occurring mostly in blacks; characterized by abnormal blood cells having a crescent shape
How To Use sickle-cell anemia In A Sentence
- You only get malaria protection. It's only when you inherit the mutation from both parents that you get sickle-cell anemia.
- It's only when you inherit the mutation from both parents that you get sickle-cell anemia.
- Genetic changes in the hemoglobin molecule that affect the shape of the red blood cell and the oxygen carrying capacity of the cell result in the inheritable diseases of sickle-cell anemia and beta-thalassemia.
- This illustrates well the effectiveness of this sequencing technique, the goal of which is to isolate genetic alterations in cases of hereditary diseases among children, regardless of how prevalent they are in society (e.g. mucoviscidosis, sickle-cell anemia). R&D Mag - News
