Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
a congenital form of anemia occurring mostly in blacks;
characterized by abnormal blood cells having a crescent shape;
[syn: sickle-cell anemia, sickle-cell anaemia, sickle-cell disease, crescent-cell anemia, crescent-cell anaemia, drepanocytic anemia, drepanocytic anaemia]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
drepanocytic anaemia
n 1: a congenital form of anemia occurring mostly in blacks;
characterized by abnormal blood cells having a crescent
shape [syn: sickle-cell anemia, sickle-cell anaemia,
sickle-cell disease, crescent-cell anemia, crescent-
cell anaemia, drepanocytic anemia, drepanocytic
anaemia]