n :  a dental scaler with a curved 3-sided point
, adj :  of, relating to, or characteristic of sickle-cell anemia or sickle-cell trait < hemoglobin> 
, vb, sick*led  sick*ling  vt  :  to change (a red blood cell) into a sickle cell vi  :  to undergo change into a sickle cell <the ability of red blood cells to >  .
 
 
 
Similar sounding terms:  ce·cal   cycle  sca·la   scale 
 
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