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Definition of Sickling
1. sickle [v] - See also: sickle
Medical Definition of Sickling
1. Production of sickle-shaped erythrocytes in the circulation, as in sickle cell anaemia. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sickling
Literary usage of Sickling
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Handbook of Severe Disability: A Text for Rehabilitation Counselors, Other edited by Walter C. Stolov, Michael R. Clowers (2000)
"In severe pulmonary infarction, the technique of replacement of nearly all the
blood (exchange transfusion) may be employed to prevent further sickling. ..."
2. Management & Therapy of Sickle Cell Disease edited by Clarice D. Reid, Samuel Charace, Bertram Lubin (1997)
"The pathogenic mechanism is thought to be sickling in the vasa recta, which leads
to stasis and ischemia, with extravasation of blood into the renal ..."
3. Guide To Clinical Preventive Services by U. S. Preventive Services Task Force (1989)
"Another study of 131 infants detected by screening found only nine instances in
which the sickling disorder required reclassification and no instance in ..."
4. Practice of Medicine by Frederick Tice (1922)
"Xo form of treatment employed has so far affected the sickling phenomenon in any
way. Aside from general symptomatic treatment, the only measures which ..."
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