'sickle-cell disease' definitions:
Definition of 'sickle-cell disease'
From: WordNet
noun
A congenital form of anemia occurring mostly in blacks; characterized by abnormal blood cells having a crescent shape [syn: sickle-cell anemia, sickle-cell anaemia, sickle-cell disease, crescent-cell anemia, crescent- cell anaemia, drepanocytic anemia, drepanocytic anaemia]