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sickle

[ sik-uhl ]

noun

  1. an implement for cutting grain, grass, etc., consisting of a curved, hooklike blade mounted in a short handle.
  2. Sickle, Astronomy. a group of stars in the constellation Leo, likened to this implement for its curved, sickle-like shape.


sickle

/ ˈ²õɪ°ìÉ™±ô /

noun

  1. an implement for cutting grass, corn, etc, having a curved blade and a short handle
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of sickle1

First recorded before 1000; Middle English sikel, Old English sicol; cognate with Dutch zikkel, German Sichel, all ultimately derived from Latin secula, equivalent to ²õ±ð³¦(Äå°ù±ð) “to cut†+ -ula -ule
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of sickle1

Old English sicol, from Latin ²õŧ³¦³Ü±ô²¹; related to ²õ±ð³¦Äå°ù±ð to cut
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The most obvious way that a pair of blood-related parents might increase health risks for a child is through a recessive disorder, like cystic fibrosis or sickle cell disease.

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This results in red blood cells becoming sickle in shape and stiff and sticky - rather than flexible smooth discs.

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In a large hall Mr Syrankov addresses a small audience, flanked by his party's emblem, the hammer and sickle.

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In recent years, for example, a hundred patients suffering from the hereditary disease sickle cell anaemia have been treated with CRISPR-Cas-based therapeutics -- without AZD7648.

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In the 1960s in North Carolina, Adams and her family would take her sister Linda, who had sickle cell anemia, to the emergency room because they had no doctor and could not afford health insurance.

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