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Word: submolecular (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1962-1962
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...many U.S. Negroes and vast numbers in Africa. The disease got its name because the deoxygenated red cells in the veins lose their globular shape (they look normal in the arteries) and take a crescent or sickle form. The Pauling team found that this was because of a minute, submolecular abnormality in the hemoglobin...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Inheriting Bad Health | 2/2/1962 | See Source »

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