unsickling

English

Etymology

un- +‎ sickling

Noun

unsickling (uncountable)

  1. The removal of the crescent deformation from a red blood cell
    • 2015 August 26, “Effect of Chronic Blood Transfusion on Biomarkers of Coagulation Activation and Thrombin Generation in Sickle Cell Patients at Risk for Stroke”, in PLOS ONE‎, →DOI:
      Secondly, there is evidence from multiple studies that repeated sickling and unsickling of RBCs in SCD, results in an over exposure of membrane phospahtidyl serine (PS).
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