Usually means: Genetic disorder affecting red blood cells.
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General (12 matching dictionaries)
  1. sickle cell: Merriam-Webster
  2. sickle cell: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. sickle cell: Vocabulary.com
  4. sickle-cell: Wordnik
  5. sickle cell: Wiktionary
  6. sickle cell: Infoplease Dictionary
  7. sickle cell: Dictionary.com
  8. Sickle-cell, Sickle cell: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. sickle cell: Rhymezone
  10. sickle cell: FreeDictionary.org
  11. sickle cell: Mnemonic Dictionary
  12. sickle cell: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. sickle cell: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Sickle-cell, sickle cell: Encyclopedia

Medicine (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. sickle cell: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  4. sickle cell: Medical dictionary

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Sickle Cell: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (sickle cell)

noun:  (cytology) An abnormal erythrocyte (red blood cell) that has a crescent shape, characteristic of sickle-cell anemia.

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