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unsickle

unsickle verb: to reform (as with a red blood cell) from an abnormal crescent shape into the normal shape.

Verb

unsickle (third-person singular simple present unsickles, present participle unsickling, simple past and past participle unsickled)

  1. To reform (as with a red blood cell) from an abnormal crescent shape into the normal shape.

Forms of unsickle

third-person singular presentunsickles
present participleunsickling
past participleunsickled
pastunsickled

Origin of unsickle

From un- + sickle.

Questions about unsickle

What does unsickle mean?
Unsickle means to reform (as with a red blood cell) from an abnormal crescent shape into the normal shape.
What part of speech is unsickle?
Unsickle is a verb.
What is the past tense of unsickle?
The past tense of unsickle is unsickled.

Words near unsickle in the dictionary

  1. unsicken
  2. unsickened
  3. unsickening
  4. unsickens
  5. Unsicker
  6. unsickle
  7. unsickled
  8. unsickles
  9. unsickling
  10. unsickly
  11. unsided

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