"sickle cell trait" meaning in English

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Noun

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  1. (medicine) A genotype, and the carrier state constituted by it, that is the heterozygous counterpart to sickle-cell disease (which involves a homozygous hit). It is not classified as a disease entity because it usually has little clinical effect (generally asymptomatic). Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Medicine
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