Definitions for sickle-cell

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sickle-cell sickle cell

Sickle-Cell is a 11 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 166 anagrams from letters in sickle-cell (-cceeikllls).

Definitions for sickle-cell

noun

1. an abnormal red blood cell having an elongated, crescentlike shape due to the presence of an abnormal hemoglobin.

Origin of sickle-cell

First recorded in 1925-30; so called from the fact that the cells are often sickle-shaped