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かまじょうせっけっきゅうしょう 鎌状赤血球症
Noun
1. sickle cell disease; sickle cell anemia (anaemia)Medicine
Wikipedia definition
2. Sickle-cell diseaseSickle-cell disease (SCD), or sickle-cell anaemia (or anemia, SCA) or drepanocytosis, is an autosomal recessive genetic blood disorder with overdominance, characterized by red blood cells that assume an abnormal, rigid, sickle shape. Sickling decreases the cells' flexibility and results in a risk of various complications. The sickling occurs because of a mutation in the hemoglobin gene. Life expectancy is shortened.
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