Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun sickle_cell

1 sense of sickle cell

Sense 1
sickle cell -- (an abnormal red blood cell that has a crescent shape and an abnormal form of hemoglobin)
       => red blood cell, RBC, erythrocyte -- (a mature blood cell that contains hemoglobin to carry oxygen to the bodily tissues; a biconcave disc that has no nucleus)