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sickle

[sik-uhl] / ˈsɪk əl /


NOUN
machete
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VERB
mow
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The company has a handful of candidates in development including etavopivat, a treatment for sickle cell disease.

From Barron's • May 6, 2026

A model of how one of GluBio’s experimental ‘molecular glue’ drugs causes two proteins in the human body, WIZ and cereblon, to stick to each other in a way designed to relieve sickle cell disease.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 11, 2026

Beyond entertainment, Shepard devoted herself to raising awareness for sickle cell anemia after a friend died of the affliction.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 17, 2026

While making the project, his mother suffered two strokes, his brother was treated for psychosis, and his younger sister died of sickle cell anaemia.

From BBC • Jan. 8, 2026

The woman was overjoyed at the sight of so much thatching grass and she immediately began to cut it down with her sickle.

From "The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa" by Alexander Mccall Smith




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