n.

1. An implement having a semicircular blade attached to a short handle, used for cutting grain or tall grass.
2. The cutting mechanism of a reaper or mower.

v., -led, -ling, -les.

v.tr.

1. To cut with a sickle.
2. To deform (a red blood cell) into an abnormal crescent shape.

v.intr.

To assume an abnormal crescent shape. Used of red blood cells.

adj.

Shaped like the blade of a sickle; crescent-shaped: a sickle moon.

[Middle English sikel, from Old English sicol, from Vulgar Latin sicila, from Latin sēcula.]

[Ar]

A kind of knife designed for reaping corn. Early examples comprise flint blades mounted in a wooden or bone haft.

The development of sickle cells in the blood.

A short-handled cutting tool with a sharp, hook-shaped blade, used primarily to cut grasses or grain crops.

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - segl
v. tr. - skære med segl
v. intr. - antage halvmåneform (vedr. røde blodlegemer)

idioms:

• sickle-cell anaemia    seglcelleanæmi

Nederlands (Dutch)
sikkel

Français (French)
n. - faucille
v. tr. - couper avec une faucille, déformer/transformer en une hématie falciforme
v. intr. - se transformer en hématies falciformes

idioms:

• sickle-cell anaemia    (Méd) anémie à hématies falciformes

Deutsch (German)
n. - Sichel
v. - sicheln

idioms:

• sickle-cell anaemia    Sichelzellenanämie

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - δρεπάνι, σπιρούνι (κοκορομαχίας)

idioms:

• sickle-cell anaemia    (παθολ.) μεσογειακή αναιμία

Italiano (Italian)
falce

idioms:

• sickle-cell anaemia/anemia    anemia falciforme

Português (Portuguese)
n. - foice (f)

idioms:

• sickle-cell anaemia/anemia    tipo de anemia (f) crônica

Русский (Russian)
серп, серповидный

idioms:

• sickle-cell anaemia/anemia    серповидноклеточная анемия

Español (Spanish)
n. - hoz
v. tr. - cortar con hoz
v. intr. - (referido a glóbulos rojos) tomar una forma anormal

idioms:

• sickle-cell anaemia    anemia falciforme

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - skära

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
镰刀, 切割装置, 用镰刀割, 使...成镰状, 呈镰刀状

idioms:

• sickle-cell anaemia    镰状细胞性贫血

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 鐮刀, 切割裝置
v. tr. - 用鐮刀割, 使...成鐮狀
v. intr. - 呈鐮刀狀

idioms:

• sickle-cell anaemia    鐮狀細胞性貧血

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 원형 낫, (싸움닭 다리에 붙이는) 며느리 발톱, 사자 자리의 별명
v. tr. - 낫질을 하다, (적혈구를) 겸상으로 만들다
v. intr. - 낫질하다, (적혈구를) 겸상으로 하다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - かま

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) منجل‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮מגל, חרמש‬
v. tr. - ‮קצר במגל או בחרמש, עיוות כדורית-דם אדומה לצורת קשת לא-תקנית‬
v. intr. - ‮קצר במגל או בחרמש‬

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