Category: S

A room where someone is ill.  

Subject to frequent sickness.  

A list of people who are sick, e.g. children in a school or workers in a factory.  

A hereditary condition of the blood in which some red cells become sickle-shaped, but there are not enough affected cells to cause anaemia. Heterozygous sickle-cell anemia with Both normal and abnormal hemoglobin present. There are usually few or no symptoms, the main concern being possible transmission to offspring. Inheritance from one parent of one copy…

A common complication of sickle-cell disease, with chest pain, fever and leucocytosis.  

An inherited condition in which someone develops sickle cells which block the circulation, causing anaemia and pains in the joints and abdomen. Hereditary disease due to the presence of a particular form of haemoglobin which causes deformities of the red blood cells. A hereditary genetic disorder involves an abnormality in the red blood cells where…

A red blood cell shaped like a sickle, formed as a result of the presence of an unusual form of haemoglobin. Abnormal red blood cell (erythrocyte) with a crescent shape and abnormal form of hemoglobin. A red blood cell that has undergone deformation into an elongated shape as a result of containing hemoglobin S is…

To feel the first symptoms of an illness.  

A condition in which many people working in a building feel ill or have headaches, caused by blocked air-conditioning ducts in which stale air is recycled round the building, often carrying allergenic substances or bacteria. A set of symptoms characterized by fatigue, headaches, eye irritation, dizziness, and respiratory complaints that affect people who work in…

A bed where a person is lying sick.