| 鐮刀 | lián dāo | sickle; curved blade to cut grain | |
| 鐮倉 | lián cāng | Kamakura city in Kanagawa prefecture 神奈川县 , Japan | |
| 鐮倉幕府 | lián cāng mù fǔ | Kamakura bakufu 1192-1333, the first Japanese samurai shogunate |
| 1 | Sickle-cell anemia is a blood disease that causes the cell to form a characteristic sickle-shape. | |
| 2 | A cancer drug called hydroxyurea (Droxia, Hydrea) also is used to treat sickle cell anemia. | |
| 3 | Approximately 5% of the world' s population are healthy carriers of a gene for sickle-cell disease or thalassaemia. | |
| 4 | Sickle-cell anaemia, caused by genes protect against malaria, is the most famous example. | |
| 5 | A few diseases, such as cystic fibrosis and sickle cell anemia, are caused by a single SNP. |