unsickling
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]unsickling (uncountable)
- 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[1], :
- 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).