(n.) The fluid which circulates in the principal vascular system of animals, carrying nourishment to all parts of the body, and bringing away waste products to be excreted. See under Arterial.
(n.) Relationship by descent from a common ancestor; consanguinity; kinship.
(n.) Descent; lineage; especially, honorable birth; the highest royal lineage.
(n.) Descent from parents of recognized breed; excellence or purity of breed.
(n.) The fleshy nature of man.
(n.) The shedding of blood; the taking of life, murder; manslaughter; destruction.
(n.) A bloodthirsty or murderous disposition.
(n.) Temper of mind; disposition; state of the passions; -- as if the blood were the seat of emotions.
(n.) A man of fire or spirit; a fiery spark; a gay, showy man; a rake.
(n.) The juice of anything, especially if red.
(v. t.) To bleed.
(v. t.) To stain, smear or wet, with blood.
(v. t.) To give (hounds or soldiers) a first taste or sight of blood, as in hunting or war.
(v. t.) To heat the blood of; to exasperate.
Example Sentences:
(1) Here we have asked whether protection from blood-borne antigens afforded by the blood-brain barrier is related to the lack of MHC expression.
(2) On both days, blood was collected by jugular venepuncture at 10.30 h, and then again 2, 4, 6 and 24 h later.
(3) Circuit weight training does not exacerbate resting or exercise blood pressure and may have beneficial effects.
(4) There was a weak relation between AER and both systolic and diastolic blood pressures.
(5) Fecal occult blood was positive in 4 patients and fecal leukocytes were positive in one patient.
(6) Blood samples were analysed by mass spectroscopy and gas chromatography.
(7) We conclude that first-transit and blood-pool techniques are equally accurate methods for determining EF when the time-activity method of analysis is employed.
(8) At the early phase of the sensitization a T-cell response was seen in vitro, characterized by an increased spleen but no peripheral blood lymphocyte reactivity to T-cell mitogens at the same time as increased reactivity to the sensitizing antigen was detected.
(9) With aging, the blood vessel wall becomes hyperreactive--presumably because of an augmented vasoconstrictor and a reduced vasodilator responsiveness.
(10) After 3 and 6 months, blood collected by cardiocentesis using ether anesthesia and then sacrificed to remove CNS and internal organs.
(11) The transport of potassium ions through membranes of red blood cells was examined in in bitro experiments using a CMF of 4500 oersted.
(12) Blood flow decreased immediately after skin expansion in areas over the tissue expander on days 0 and 1 and returned to baseline levels within 24 hours.
(13) Under blood preservation conditions the difference of the rates of ATP-production and -consumption is the most important factor for a high ATP-level over long periods.
(14) 10D1 mAb induced a substantial proliferation of peripheral blood T cells when cross-linked with goat anti-mouse Ig antibody.
(15) In addition to the changes associated with blood group A, we also found a decrease in sugar content, alterations in other antigens, and changes in the levels of several glycosyltransferases in cancerous tissues.
(16) Based on several previous studies, which demonstrated that sorbitol accumulation in human red blood cells (RBCs) was a function of ambient glucose concentrations, either in vitro or in vivo, our investigations were conducted to determine if RBC sorbitol accumulation would correlate with sorbitol accumulation in lens and nerve tissue of diabetic rats; the effect of sorbinil in reducing sorbitol levels in lens and nerve tissue of diabetic rats would be reflected by changes in RBC sorbitol; and sorbinil would reduce RBC sorbitol in diabetic man.
(17) These four antigens consisted of S of MNSs blood group, Lua of Lutheran blood group, and K and Kpa of Kell-Cellano blood group.
(18) Blood was collected from pups and dams to determine its caffeine concentration.
(19) However, after the cessation of this treatment Streptococcus viridans grew in her blood again.
(20) These findings suggest that clonidine transdermal disks lower blood pressure in hypertensive patients, but produce local skin lesions and general side effects.
Hematoma
Definition:
(n.) A circumscribed swelling produced by an effusion of blood beneath the skin.
Example Sentences:
(1) A case of dissecting hematoma involving the left main, left anterior descending, and left circumflex coronary arteries is described in a patient who had received vigorous closed-chest cardiac resuscitation.
(2) The authors present a boy with a sudden onset a large intracranial hematoma causing rapid neurologic deterioration.
(3) Blunt trauma to the epigastrum may result in a retroperitoneal hematoma involving the head of the pancreas and descending duodenum.
(4) Hematoma clot weighing 10 grams was removed through emergency craniotomy, followed by external decompression.
(5) We conclude that these good results are due to the short interval between accident and operation as well as to the evacuation of the intraarticular hematoma, together with a stable internal fixation and functional rehabilitation.
(6) We report a case of a 47-year-old man with anti-phospholipid antibody syndrome associated with subdural hematoma.
(7) Two term newborn infants born by frank breech delivery had posterior fossa hemorrhage diagnosed by CT scan within the first 72 hours of life and underwent successful surgical drainage of hematoma.
(8) We report the case of a small spontaneous mesencephalic hematoma which occurred in a 50 year-old normotensive male patient.
(9) Cavernous hemangiomas of the brain stem are usually discovered accidentally during evacuation of a hematoma, and successful surgical treatment of these lesions is seldom achieved.
(10) Renal injuries associated with large or expanding retroperitoneal hematomas were more likely to require temporary vascular occlusion than injuries without such associated hematomas.
(11) Four percent of the 20-gauge and 2% of the 21-gauge patients had mild hematomas.
(12) We report the case of a pediatric patient with a spontaneous spinal subdural hematoma that was not associated with a coagulation abnormality.
(13) Drainage of the hematoma was uniformly curative, although six patients had transient postoperative symptoms.
(14) In the cases with Large hematoma, Low ICP was not observed, but High ICP was found in 4 of 7 cases operated on within 8 hours (57.1%) and the other three indicated Moderate ICP (42.9%).
(15) CT findings of 46 patients with operatively confirmed chronic subdural hematomas are reviewed.
(16) T1 values of chronic hematomas (more than 3 days old) were comparatively short and in the same range as T1 of white matter.
(17) The postoperative CT images show successful evacuation of the hematoma, and the clinical evaluation also showed satisfactory results.
(18) In such a case with a large hematoma, the presence of a tumor may be obscured on CT scan and angiography.
(19) The attenuation values of each pixels in hematoma formed V-figure in profile display, vfrying from minimum density (40-60) in the center of radiolucent zone to the maximum density (80-90) in peripheral clots.
(20) The symptom course was longer than that for spontaneous epidural hematoma.