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sickle-cell trait

Definition of sickle-cell trait

noun

[mass noun]
  • a relatively mild condition caused by the presence of a single gene for sickle-cell anaemia, producing a smaller amount of abnormal haemoglobin and conferring some resistance to malaria.

sickle-cell trait in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of sickle-cell trait in the US English dictionary