drepanocytic anaemia

1. A congenital form of anemia occurring mostly in blacks;
   Characterized by abnormal blood cells having a crescent shape (synset 114192274)
   is a type of:

   • monogenic disease, monogenic disorder - an inherited disease controlled by a single pair of genes
   • anaemia, anemia - a deficiency of red blood cells
   same as: crescent-cell anaemia, crescent-cell anemia, drepanocytic anemia, sickle-cell anaemia, sickle-cell anemia, sickle-cell disease

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