drepanocytic anaemia

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drepanocytic anaemia - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  drepanocytic anaemia
      n 1: a congenital form of anemia occurring mostly in blacks;
           characterized by abnormal blood cells having a crescent
           shape [syn: sickle-cell anemia, sickle-cell anaemia,
           sickle-cell disease, crescent-cell anemia, crescent- cell anaemia
           , drepanocytic anemia, drepanocytic anaemia
           ]