sickled

Cut with curved

Sickled describes something curved like a sickle—the crescent-shaped harvesting tool.

Red blood cells that are sickled have distorted into rigid, curved shapes characteristic of sickle cell disease, blocking blood flow and causing pain.

In ballet, a sickled foot is improperly curved inward at the ankle, breaking the clean line from leg to toe: The instructor corrected her sickled foot.

shape

crescent

Curved sickle-like arc

curvedSmoothly bent, not angular
arcCurved line segment
bentCurved; also dishonest

hooked · lunate · curvature · bowed · arched · recurved · meniscus

medical

anemia

Red cell deficiency

hemoglobinErythrocyte's oxygen-binding protein
thalassemiaHereditary hemoglobin production defect
crisisDecisive dangerous moment

transfusion · jaundice · hematologist · inherited · mutation · genetic · chronic · bone marrow · erythrocyte · deoxygenation

harvesting

scythe

Manual crop-cutting implement

reapingCutting crops for collection
mowingTrimming grass short
grainCereal plant's harvest unit

sheaves · threshing · gleaning · winnowing · fieldwork · swath · haymaking · bundling · cropping · autumn

Opposites

shape/curvature

sickledstraight

Not curved or crooked

linear · unbent · uncurved · extended · elongated

CELL MORPHOLOGY (medical)

sicklednormal

Conforming to standard

round · healthy · disc-shaped · discoid · circular

dance/ballet foot position

sickledpointed

Tapering to a tip

winged · beveled · stretched · articulated · extended

Phrases

sickle cellInherited blood cell malformation
hammer and sickleCommunist movement's insignia
sickle cell anemiaHereditary hemoglobin mutation disease
sickle cell diseaseHereditary anemia with misshapen erythrocytes
sickle-cell anaemiaGenetic disorder causing misshapen erythrocytes
sickle-cell diseaseHereditary hemoglobin mutation disorder

Family

sickle, sickles, sickliness, sickling, sicklier, sickliest

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