Source Word
sickle cell anaemia
Noun
Britain
uncountable
(pathology,
Britain)
A
severe
hereditary
form
of
anaemia,
mainly
affecting
people
of
African
origin,
in
which
mutated
haemoglobin
distorts
red
blood
cells
into
a
crescent
shape,
causing
the
cells
to
become
stuck
in
capillaries.
Downstream
tissues
are
thus
deprived
of
oxygen
causing
ischaemia
and
infarction.
Japanese Meaning
鎌状赤血球性貧血：主にアフリカ系の人々に起こる重度の遺伝性貧血で、変異したヘモグロビンによって赤血球が三日月形に変形し、毛細血管に詰まることで下流の組織が酸素不足となり、虚血や壊死を引き起こす。
Sense（1）
(pathology,
Britain)
A
severe
hereditary
form
of
anaemia,
mainly
affecting
people
of
African
origin,
in
which
mutated
haemoglobin
distorts
red
blood
cells
into
a
crescent
shape,
causing
the
cells
to
become
stuck
in
capillaries.
Downstream
tissues
are
thus
deprived
of
oxygen
causing
ischaemia
and
infarction.
