blood disease
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1. a disease or disorder of the blood (noun.state)
| hypernym | : | blood dyscrasia, |
| definition | : | any abnormal condition of the blood (noun.state) |
| hyponym | : | cytopenia, |
| definition | : | a deficiency of some cellular element of the blood (noun.state) |
| hyponym | : | acidemia, |
| definition | : | a blood disorder characterized by an increased concentration of hydrogen ions in the blood (which falls below 7 on the pH scale) (noun.state) |
| hyponym | : | alkalemia, |
| definition | : | a blood disorder characterized by a lower concentration of hydrogen ions in the blood (which rises above 7.45 on the pH scale) (noun.state) |
| hyponym | : | acanthocytosis, |
| definition | : | the presence of acanthocytes in the blood stream (as in abetalipoproteinemia) (noun.state) |
| hyponym | : | analbuminemia, |
| definition | : | an abnormally low level of albumin in the blood serum (noun.state) |
| hyponym | : | banti's disease, banti's syndrome, |
| definition | : | a disease characterized by congestion and enlargement of the spleen; accompanied by anemia or cirrhosis (noun.state) |
| hyponym | : | afibrinogenemia, |
| definition | : | the absence of fibrinogen in the plasma leading to prolonged bleeding (noun.state) |
| hyponym | : | erythroblastosis, |
| definition | : | a blood disease characterized by the abnormal presence of erythroblasts in the blood (noun.state) |
| hyponym | : | histiocytosis, |
| definition | : | a blood disease characterized by an abnormal multiplication of macrophages (noun.state) |
| hyponym | : | hydremia, |
| definition | : | blood disorder in which there is excess fluid volume compared with the cell volume of the blood (noun.state) |
| hyponym | : | hypothrombinemia, |
| definition | : | a low level of prothrombin (factor II) in the circulating blood; results in long clotting time and poor clot formation and sometimes excessive bleeding; can result from vitamin K deficiency (noun.state) |
| hyponym | : | hypervolaemia, hypervolemia, |
| definition | : | a blood disorder consisting of an increase in the volume of circulating blood (noun.state) |
| hyponym | : | hypovolaemia, hypovolemia, |
| definition | : | a blood disorder consisting of a decrease in the volume of circulating blood (noun.state) |
| hyponym | : | anaemia, anemia, |
| definition | : | a deficiency of red blood cells (noun.state) |
| hyponym | : | leucocytosis, leukocytosis, |
| definition | : | an abnormal increase in the number of white blood cells in the blood as a result of infection (as in leukemia) (noun.state) |
| hyponym | : | leucopenia, leukopenia, |
| definition | : | an abnormal lowering of the white blood cell count (noun.state) |
| hyponym | : | lymphocytosis, |
| definition | : | an abnormal increase in the number of lymphocytes in the circulating blood (noun.state) |
| hyponym | : | microcytosis, |
| definition | : | a blood disorder characterized by the presence of microcytes (abnormally small red blood cells) in the blood; often associated with anemia (noun.state) |
| hyponym | : | polycythemia, |
| definition | : | a disorder characterized by an abnormal increase in the number of red blood cells in the blood (noun.state) |
| hyponym | : | peliosis, purpura, |
| definition | : | any of several blood diseases causing subcutaneous bleeding (noun.state) |
| hyponym | : | thrombocytopenia, thrombopenia, |
| definition | : | a blood disease characterized by an abnormally small number of platelets in the blood (noun.state) |
| hyponym | : | uratemia, |
| definition | : | presence of abnormal amounts of uric acid salts in the blood; symptom of gout (noun.state) |
| hyponym | : | uricaciduria, |
| definition | : | presence of abnormal amounts of uric acid in the urine; symptom of gout (noun.state) |
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