Sickle-cell anaemia

Introduction: Sickle-cell anaemia

Description of Sickle-cell anaemia

Sickle-cell anaemia: a congenital form of anemia occurring mostly in blacks; characterized by abnormal blood cells having a crescent shape.
Source: WordNet 2.1

Sickle-cell anaemia: Related Topics

These medical condition or symptom topics may be relevant to medical information for Sickle-cell anaemia:

• Sickle-cell
• Cell
• Anaemia (39 causes)

Terms associated with Sickle-cell anaemia:

Terms Similar to Sickle-cell anaemia:

• sickle-cell anemia
• sickle-cell disease
• crescent-cell anemia
• crescent-cell anaemia
• drepanocytic anemia
• drepanocytic anaemia

Source - WordNet 2.1

Broader terms for Sickle-cell anaemia

• anemia
• anaemia
• monogenic disorder
• monogenic disease

Source - WordNet 2.1

Hierarchical classifications of Sickle-cell anaemia

The following list attempts to classify Sickle-cell anaemia into categories where each line is subset of the next.

WordNet 2.1

• anaemia,anemia
• blood disease,blood disorder
• blood dyscrasia
• dyscrasia
• health problem,ill health,unhealthiness
• pathological state
• condition,status
• state

Source: WordNet 2.1

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