sickle cell

noun

: an abnormal red blood cell of crescent shape

Examples of sickle cell in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

This test is crucial for identifying conditions like hypothyroidism, phenylketonuria, and sickle cell disease, which may not present symptoms at birth but can lead to serious complications if untreated. —William A. Haseltine, Forbes.com, 15 Apr. 2025

His technologies have already been distributed in labs globally, resulting in thousands of advances in research, biomedicine, and agriculture, and have already shown life-saving results in treatment of T-cell leukemia, sickle cell disease, beta-thalassemia, and high cholesterol. —Ashley Lan, HollywoodReporter, 11 Apr. 2025

Meanwhile, sickle cell gene therapies Casgevy and Lyfgenia cost $2.2 million and $3.1 million, respectively. —Maya Goldman, Axios, 26 Feb. 2025

Previously, people with sickle cell anemia have been mostly treated with therapies which can control, but not cure the disease. —Victoria Forster, Forbes, 15 Mar. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1923, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for sickle cell

• bagatelle
• caravel
• carousel
• carrousel
• citadel
• clientele
• commonweal
• decibel
• demoiselle
• fontanelle
• infidel
• isabel

Kids Definition

sickle cell

noun

: an abnormal red blood cell that is crescent-shaped

Medical Definition

sickle cell

noun

1

: an abnormal rigid, sticky red blood cell of crescent shape

2

: a condition characterized by sickle cells : sickle cell anemia, sickle-cell trait