sickle
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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