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sickling

sickling is the present participle and gerund of sickle.

Meaning of sickle

Verb

sickle (third-person singular simple present sickles, present participle sickling, simple past and past participle sickled)

  1. (rare, transitive) To cut with a sickle.
    • Near-synonyms: reap, mow
    Synonyms:
    reap, mow
  2. (intransitive) Of red blood cells: to assume an abnormal crescent shape.
    • Even the cells of heterozygotes will sickle if the oxygen tension is low enough.1975, Robert Warren McGilvery, IV. 75, in Biochemistry
  3. (transitive) To deform (as with a red blood cell) into an abnormal crescent shape, to cause to sickle.

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Noun

sickling (plural sicklings)

  1. The deformation of red blood cells into an abnormal crescent shape.

Forms of sickling

pluralsicklings

Words formed from sickling

Questions about sickling

What does sickling mean?
Sickling means the deformation of red blood cells into an abnormal crescent shape.
What is sickling the present participle and gerund of?
Sickling is the present participle and gerund of sickle.
What part of speech is sickling?
Sickling is a noun.
What is the plural of sickling?
The plural of sickling is sicklings.

Words near sickling in the dictionary

  1. sicklify
  2. sicklifying
  3. sicklily
  4. sickliness
  5. sicklinesses
  6. sickling
  7. sicklings
  8. sicklist
  9. sicklists
  10. sickly
  11. sickly sweet

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