noun, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'
sickle-shaped; falciform
Describes something curved like a sickle; often used in technical or descriptive contexts (e.g., 鎌形の月 for a crescent moon).
A sickle-shaped moon hung in the sky.
この葉は鎌形に曲がっている。
This leaf is curved like a sickle.
sickle cell anemia; sickle cell disease
Compound of 鎌 (かま, 'sickle') and 形 (がた, 'shape'). The reading がた is a rendaku form of かた.