sickle-cell anaemia
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Illness & disabilitysickle-cell anaemiaˌsickle-cell aˈnaemia British English, sickle-cell anemia American English noun [uncountable] MIa serious illness that mainly affects black people, in which the blood cells change shape, causing weakness and feverExamples from the Corpussickle-cell anaemia• The build-up of recessive genes increases the incidence of genetically determined diseases, such as sickle-cell anaemia in humans.