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  • adjective Preventing the formation of sickle cells.

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anti- +‎ sickling

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Examples

  • Identification of structure-based antisickling peptides that inhibit Hb S polymerization

    Sickle cell disease research at The Children's Hospital 2010

  • Since the 1968 meeting of the OAU/STRC on medicinal plants of Africa, held in Dakar, Senegal, and several African countries have started screening their medicinal plants for biocactive principles such as antimicrobial, antihelmintic, antihypertensive, antisickling, antiviral, antimalarial etc.

    Chapter 7 1991

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