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A reaping instrument consisting of a steel blade curved into the form of a hook, and having a handle fitted on a tang. The sickle has one side of the blade notched, so as always to sharpen with a serrated edge. Cf. Reaping hook, under Reap., A group of stars in the constellation Leo. See Illust. of Leo.
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What is the Origin and meaning of name Marissa?
Derived from Maria and it is Italian. Meaning= of the sea
What is the meaning to the symbol Hammer and Sickle?
The Hammer and Sickle was the emblem of Soviet Russia.
What are the values of coins in Harry Potter?
There are three. There is the gold Galleon, the silver Sickle, and the bronze Knut.
What is meaning of farm implements?
Tools used in farming- a hoe, plow, tractor, combine, sickle, etc.
Which population are affected by sickle cells?
Sickle cell anemia can effect anyone who gets the disorder passed down from the parents. I believe it is a dominant disorder, meaning only one parents needs to pass it down.
What is the medical term meaning Disorder in which red blood cells are not round?
One is called sickle cell anemia.
Why are sickle cells sickle?
because they can
Is there a straight sickle?
no there is no such thing as a straight sickle
What is sickle-cell disease and how is this disorder inherited?
Sickle-cell anemia is characterised by abnormal haemoglobin which are not the correct shape and cannot carry oxygen. It is a genetic disease - and a person must have two copies of the gene to have sickle-cell anemia. (Heterozygous individuals, with one copy, are known as having sickle-cell trait - and some of their haemoglobin may be misshapen).
Is sickle cell disease autosomal or x-linked or chromosomal?
Sickle cell disease is an autosomal recessive disorder, meaning that it is caused by a mutation in one of the autosomal chromosomes (chromosomes that are not sex chromosomes). In the case of sickle cell disease, the mutation occurs in the gene encoding the beta-globin subunit of hemoglobin on chromosome 11.
What is the medical term meaning a common genetic disorder characterized by bent and twisted red blood cells?
Sickle-Cell Disease
What are the benefits of sickle cell trait?
sickle cell trait is caused by two recessive alleles - meaning both partns must give resessive trait DNA o their child. - sickle cell anemia dose not have a benefit - or if it dose it is out waysd by the fact that people with sickle cell have very low blood oxygen as their blood cellsare dis-formed. however, if there is only one allele- ie they have A and b alleles for sickle cell. then they are more immune to malaria. a deadly parasite passed by misquotes in tropical countries.
