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SICKLE-SHAPED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sickle-shaped mean? 

SICKLE-SHAPED (adjective)
  The adjective SICKLE-SHAPED has 1 sense:

1. curved like a sickleplay

  Familiarity information: SICKLE-SHAPED used as an adjective is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SICKLE-SHAPED (adjective)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Curved like a sickle

Synonyms:

falcate; falciform; sickle-shaped

Context example:

the falcate moon

Similar:

curved; curving (having or marked by a curve or smoothly rounded bend)


 Context examples 


The modified hemoglobin causes normally round red blood cells to become stiff, sticky, and sickle-shaped.

(Stem cell transplant reverses sickle cell disease in adults, NIH)



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