sickle cell trait

sick·le cell trait

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Definitions of sickle cell trait words

noun sickle cell trait the usually asymptomatic hereditary condition that occurs when a person inherits from only one parent the abnormal hemoglobin gene characteristic of sickle cell anemia. 1
noun sickle cell trait the heterozygous condition of having one gene for sickle cell hemoglobin and one for normal hemoglobin: ordinarily this does not cause anemia or sicklemia 0

before 1925

One of the 11% newest English words

First recorded in 1925-30

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