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Crushing pain episodes brought on by his sickle cell disease were getting progressively worse.
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Bertha Coombs, CNBC, 18 Feb. 2025
First are medical conditions, such as a previous stroke or TIA, high blood pressure, diabetes, high cholesterol, sickle cell disease and obesity.
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Katia Hetter, CNN, 7 Feb. 2025
Neely, who had health issues including schizophrenia and sickle cell trait and was a chronic abuser of synthetic marijuana, died due to exertion from the struggle and not because he'd been choked out, defense lawyers Thomas Kenniff and Steven Raiser argued.
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Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 22 Nov. 2024
In cases of a sickle cell bone marrow transplant, the best results come from a sibling.
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Zoey Lyttle, People.com, 27 Jan. 2025
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First Known Use
circa 1923, in the meaning defined above
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“Sickle cell.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sickle%20cell. Accessed 23 Feb. 2025.
Kids Definition
sickle cell
noun
: an abnormal red blood cell that is crescent-shaped
Medical Definition
sickle cell
noun1
: an abnormal rigid, sticky red blood cell of crescent shape
2
: a condition characterized by sickle cells : sickle cell anemia, sickle-cell trait
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