Look up: hemolysis

1. Hemolysis
   Lysis of red blood cells.
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2. hemolysis
   [n] - lysis of erythrocytes with the release of hemoglobin
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3. hemolysis
   Release of hemoglobin from erythrocytes, and its appearance in the plasma.
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4. Hemolysis
   The breakdown of senescent red blood cells into recycleable constituents, with particular importance given to the reuse of the heme part of hemoglobin.
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5. Hemolysis
   Hemolysis: The destruction of red blood cells which leads to the release of hemoglobin from within the red blood cells into the blood plasma. Etymology: The word 'hemolysis' is made up of 'hemo-', blood + 'lysis', the disintegration of cells.
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6. hemolysis
   the alteration, dissolution or destruction of red blood cells in such a manner that haemoglobin is liberated into the medium in which the cells are suspended; the alteration, dissolution, or destruction of red blood cells so that haemoglobin is liberated into the medium in which the cells are suspen...
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7. hemolysis
   Synonym for haemolysis ... <haematology> Disruption of the integrity of the red cell membrane causing release of haemoglobin. ... Haemolysis may be caused by bacterial haemolysins, by antibodies that cause complement dependent lysis, by placing red cells in a hypotonic solution or by defects i...
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8. hemolysis
   (he-mol´ә-sis) rupture of erythrocytes with release of hemoglobin into the plasma. Certain toxins, and substances called hemolysins, can do this. Intravenous administration of a hypotonic solution or distilled water will also destroy red blood cells by causing them to fill with fluid until their membranes rupture....
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9. hemolysis
   breakdown or destruction of red blood cells so that the contained hemoglobin is freed into the surrounding medium. Antibody (lysin) attaches to the ... [5 related articles]
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10. Hemolysis
    [microbiology] Hemolysis (or haemolysis in British English) is the breakdown of red blood cells. The ability of bacterial colonies to induce hemolysis when grown on blood agar is used to classify certain microorganisms. This is particularly useful in classifying streptococcal species. A subs...
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11. Hemolysis
    Hemolysis (or haemolysis)—from the Greek αἷμα (aima, haema, hemo-) meaning "blood" and λύσις (lusis, lysis, -lysis) meaning a "loosing", "setting free" or "releasing"—is the rupturing of erythrocytes (red blood cells) and the release of their contents (hemoglobin) into surrounding fluid (e.g., blood plasma). Hemolysis may occ...
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12. hemolysis
    The destruction of erythrocytes (red blood cells). Hemolysis is the normal process by which old red blood cells that have lost their elasticity are destroyed, mainly in the spleen. This process releases iron for recycling in new red blood cells. Bilarubin, a waste product of hemolysis, is excreted i...
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13. hemolysis
    hemolysis (himol'isis) , destruction of red blood cells in the bloodstream. Although new red blood cells, or erythrocytes, are continuously created and old ones destroyed, an excessive rate of destruction sometimes occurs. The dead cells, in sufficiently large numbers, overwhelm the organ that d...
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14. hemolysis
    Type: Term Pronunciation: hē-mol′i-sis Definitions: 1. Alteration, dissolution, or destruction of red blood cells in such a manner that hemoglobin is liberated into the medium in which the cells are suspended, by specific complement-fixing antibodies, toxins, various chemical agents, toni...
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15. HEMOLYSIS
    Red blood cell destruction.
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16. hemolysis
    The breakdown of red blood cells. Some diseases, medicines, and toxins may cause red blood cells to break down more quickly than usual.
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