sickling
About 0.16 uses per million words.
Meaning
- verb present participle and gerund of sickle
- noun The deformation of red blood cells into an abnormal crescent shape.
Similar words
reaping hook reap hook sickle cell sickle-cell disease degmacyte sicklemia drepanocytosis sickler poikilocytosis spherocytosis
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Word family
sickle sickled sickles
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