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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An abnormal, crescent-shaped red blood cell that results from a single change in the amino acid sequence of the cell's hemoglobin, which causes the cell to contort, especially under low-oxygen conditions.
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- noun an abnormal red blood cell that has a crescent shape and an abnormal form of hemoglobin
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