the chief solid component of mammalian urine; synthesized from ammonia and carbon dioxide and used as fertilizer and in animal feed an…
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the rate at which red blood cells settle out in a tube of blood under standardized conditions; a high rate usually indicates the presence of inflammation
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a solution that conducts electricity; "the proper amount and distribution of electrolytes in the body is essential for health"
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Chemistry, Laboratory medicine.the chief solid component of mammalian urine; synthesized from ammonia and carbon dioxide and used as fertilizer and in animal feed an…
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Chemistry, Laboratory medicine.(medicine) the chemical analysis of excrement (for medical diagnosis or for paleontological purposes)
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Analytical chemistry, Chemistry.(medicine) the chemical analysis of urine (for medical diagnosis)
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Analytical chemistry, Chemistry.(medicine) the chemical analysis of urine (for medical diagnosis)
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Analytical chemistry, Chemistry.dialysis of the blood to remove toxic substances or metabolic wastes from the bloodstream; used in the case of kidney failure
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Analytical chemistry, Chemistry.dialysis of the blood to remove toxic substances or metabolic wastes from the bloodstream; used in the case of kidney failure
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Analytical chemistry, Chemistry.A substance that acts as a base or an acid, depending on the pH of the solution into which it is introduced.
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Chemistry, Laboratory medicine.A substance that acts as a base or an acid, depending on the pH of the solution into which it is introduced.
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Chemistry, Laboratory medicine.an electrolyte of high molecular weight
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Chemistry, Laboratory medicine.(chemistry) a method of producing pure water; a solvent passes through a semipermeable membrane in a direction opposite to that for na…
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Chemistry.(chemical analysis) a counterweight used in chemical analysis; consists of an empty container that counterbalances the weight of the c…
Used in the same subject area: Analytical chemistry, Chemistry.(physics) a measure of the extent to which a substance transmits light or other electromagnetic radiation
Used in the same subject area: Analytical chemistry, Chemistry.counting the number of white and red blood cells and the number of platelets in 1 cubic millimeter of blood
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Laboratory medicine.a serologic analysis of a sample of blood
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Laboratory medicine.a byproduct of inflammation; a globulin that is found in the blood in some cases of acute inflammation
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Laboratory medicine.counting the number of white and red blood cells and the number of platelets in 1 cubic millimeter of blood
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any of the group of common autoantibodies present in blood.; "The presence an antiphospholipid antibody in blood, such as the lupus an…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: rate, blood, cells, settle, tube.the atmospheric conditions that comprise the state of the atmosphere in terms of temperature and wind and clouds and precipitation; "t…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: rate, blood, cells, settle, tube.the fluid (red in vertebrates) that is pumped through the body by the heart and contains plasma, blood cells, and platelets; "blood ca…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: rate, blood, cells, settle, tube.the atmospheric conditions that comprise the state of the atmosphere in terms of temperature and wind and clouds and precipitation; "t…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: rate, blood, cells, settle, tube.passage of blood cells (especially white blood cells) through intact capillary walls and into the surrounding tissue
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: rate, blood, cells, settle, tube.An instrument for measuring the quantity or intensity of electricity; also, sometimes, and less properly, applied to an instrument whi…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: rate, blood, cells, settle, tube.The superficial layer of cells lining the alimentary canal and all its appendages, all glands and their ducts, blood vessels and lymph…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: rate, blood, cells, settle, tube.Presence; sight; front; as in the phrases, before the face of, in the immediate presence of; in the face of, before, in, or against th…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: rate, blood, cells, settle, tube.an exchange rate for a currency where the government has decided to link the value to some valuable commodity like gold; a fixed excha…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: rate, blood, cells, settle, tube.nephritis marked by inflammation of the glomeruli of the kidney; characterized by decreased production of urine and by the presence of…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: rate, blood, cells, settle, tube.One of the very minute, disk-shaped bodies found in blood with the ordinary red corpuscles and white corpuscles; a third kind of blood…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: rate, blood, cells, settle, tube.blood forming stem cells in the bone marrow; T cells and B cells arise from these stem cells
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