See Also: sickle-cell anemia(encyclopedia)
Anemia, sickle cell(health)
Sickle cell anemia(health)
Sickle cell(medicine)
sickle-cell(dictionary)
sickle cell disease(medicine)
Sickle Cell Disease(health)
sickle cell haemoglobin(medicine)
sickle-cell anaemia(dictionary)
sickle cell dactylitis(medicine)

Anemia, sickle cell (health)


A genetic blood disease due to the presence of an abnormal form of hemoglobin, namely hemoglobin S. Hemoglobin is the molecule in red blood cells that transports oxygen from the lungs to the farthest reaches of the body.