See Also: Sickle cell(medicine)
sickle-cell(dictionary)
sickle cell C disease(medicine)
anaemia, sickle cell(medicine)
sickle cell disease(medicine)
sickle cell haemoglobin(medicine)
sickle cell prep(medicine)
sickle cell retinopathy(medicine)
sickle cell test(medicine)
Anemia, sickle cell(health)

sickle cell C disease (medicine) and redthroat (medicine)


sickle cell C disease (medicine)


sickle cell C disease


A disease resulting from abnormal sickle-shaped erythrocytes (containing haemoglobin C and S) which appear in response to a lowering of the partial pressure of oxygen; characterised by anaemia, crises due to haemolysis or vascular occlusion, chronic leg ulcers and bone deformities, and infarcts of bone or of the spleen.


redthroat (medicine)


redthroat
<zoology> A small Australian singing bird (Phyrrholaemus brunneus). The upper parts are brown, the center of the throat red.

Source: Websters Dictionary