plural of sickling

The deformation of red blood cells into an abnormal crescent shape.

present participle of sickle

past participle of sickle

Furnished or provided with a sickle.

(agriculture) An implement having a semicircular blade and short handle, used for cutting long grass and cereal crops. / Any of the sickle-shaped middle feathers of the domestic cock.

Shaped like the blade of a sickle; crescent-shaped.

(agriculture, transitive) To cut with a sickle. / (transitive) To deform (as with a red blood cell) into an abnormal crescent shape.

plural of sickle

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of sickle