drépanocytose
French, noun/dʁe.pa.nɔ.si.toz/
drépanocytose is a French feminine noun meaning “sickle-cell anemia” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Maladie génétique autosomique récessive due à une mutation de la chaîne β de l’hémoglobine (HbS), entraînant…”.
What does drépanocytose mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininesickle-cell anemia
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Maladie génétique autosomique récessive due à une mutation de la chaîne β de l’hémoglobine (HbS), entraînant la déformation falciforme des globules rouges, responsable d’une anémie hémolytique chronique et de crises vaso-occlusives.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of drépanocytose
- drépanocytoses plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce drépanocytose?
- /dʁe.pa.nɔ.si.toz/
- \dʁe.pa.nɔ.si.toz\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is drépanocytose in French?
drépanocytose appears about once in every 3 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).