A congenital form of anemia occurring mostly in blacks; characterized by abnormal blood cells having a crescent shape.

synoniemen: crescent-cell anaemia, crescent-cell anemia, drepanocytic anaemia, drepanocytic anemia, sickle-cell anaemia, sickle-cell disease.

Nederlands: sikkelcelanemie
Pools: niedokrwistość sierpowata, niedokrwistość sierpowatokrwinkowa, anemia sierpowata