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sickle
1. An edge tool for cutting grass or crops which has a curved blade and a short handle.
2. A short-handled implement with a curved blade used for cutting tall grass or grain.
2. A short-handled implement with a curved blade used for cutting tall grass or grain.
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sec-, seg-, -sect, -section, -sectional
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(Greek: sickle)
(Latin: sickle)
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“sickle”
sickle cell dactylitis
Painful swelling of the feet and hands during the first several years of life in children with sickle cell anemia.
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celli-, cell, cells
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dactylo-, dactyl-, dactylio-, -dactyl, -dactyla, -dactylia, -dactylic, -dactylism, -dactyloid, -dactylous, -dactyly
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theco-, thec-, the-, theca-, theci-, -thecial, -thecae, -thecas, -thecium, -theca, -thec, -thecal, -thecial, -thecae, -thecas, -thecs, -tecs
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sickle-cell anemia, sickle-cell anaemia
1. A chronic inherited anemia that occurs primarily in individuals of African, Mediterranean, or southwest Asian ancestry who are homozygous for the gene controlling hemoglobin S and that is characterized especially by episodic blocking of small blood vessels by sickle cells.
2. A chronic hereditary form of anemia that occurs mainly in people of African descent.
2. A chronic hereditary form of anemia that occurs mainly in people of African descent.
It is caused by a gene inherited from both parents.