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sickle | American Dictionary

sickle
noun[ C ]
us/ˈsɪk·əl/
a tool with a short handle and a curved blade, used for cutting grass and other plants

Examples of sickle

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The reason is that as with sickle-cell anaemia the condition confers some resistance to malaria.
No-one can save those who suffer from sickle cell anaemia.
Is it really true that sickle-cell anaemia (p. 7) is lethal earlier than thallassaemia (sic)?
The bestknown example is probably that of the sickle cell gene.
This figure illustrates the complexity of the pathophysiology of sickle cell anemia.
Hemoglobinopathies such as the sickle cell disorders and thalassemias tend to affect mainly people from certain ethnic minority groups.
The receptor critical for sickle cell adhesion to laminin.
However, careful studies are warranted in sickle cell patients given the side effect profile of sulfasalzine, which includes serious gastrointestinal bleeding and nephrotoxicity.
This is not the case for those who have the sickle cell trait at low altitudes.
With the exception, in some countries, of thalassemia, sickle-cell anemia, and cystic fibrosis, they account for a small percentage of health-care expenditures.
The technique is being used for gene-based disorders such as sickle cell anemia, thalassemia, and phenylketonuria.
The rest of the plants in the plots were cut with a sickle and then threshed with a stationary thresher.
The commonest example here is the link between sickle cell trait and resistance to malaria.
Finally, we have to appreciate that some diagnostic profiles may have selected protective functions, as sickle-cell anemia protects against malaria in tropical climates.
The proximal part of the sickle proper displays a clearly demarcated and weakly pronounced heel.
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