celli-, cell, cells
(Latin: a storeroom, a chamber, a closet; by extension, of or pertaining to a cell, a microscopic protoplasmic mass made up of a nucleus enclosed in a semipermeable membrane)
pus cell
A degenerate or necrotic granulocyte; the characteristic cell of suppurative and purulent inflammation.
A type of serous cell resembling a pancreatic acinous cell and a gastric chief cell: Serozymogenic cells are found in the parotid gland of most mammals and the submandibular and sublingual glands of humans.
sickle cell dactylitis
Painful swelling of the feet and hands during the first several years of life in children with sickle cell anemia.
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.
A cross reference of word units that are related, directly or indirectly, to "cell, cells, cell nucleus": cellulo-; cyto-; endothelio-; gameto-; glio-; kary-, karyo-; neuro-.
Here is a general explanation about Cells and their Compositions.
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