(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.
Naitp
Definition:
Example Sentences:
(1) Neonatal alloimmune thrombocytopenic purpura (NAITP) is induced by maternal antibodies to fetal platelet alloantigens.
(2) They review the platelet antigen systems involved in NAITP and raise the problem of its present antenatal and postnatal management.
(3) This antigen is considered to be a product of an allele of the Yuk gene, another allele of which codes for Yuka which was involved in 2 cases of NAITP.
(4) anti-HLA-A24+B51 and anti-HLA-Bw61+Cw3, respectively, were detected in the mother's sera, which reacted to each patient's lymphocytes and were presumed to have been contribute to NAITP.
(5) Antibodies to the platelet HPA-1a antigen can elicit in the newborn a condition known as neonatal alloimmune thrombocytopenic purpura (NAITP).
(6) The case report emphasises that in patients with NAITP intracranial haemorrhage may occur in utero and during the perinatal period as well.
(7) Furthermore, in a review from the currently available literature the following items will be discussed: 1) human platelet antigens involved in NAITP, 2) clinical aspects and prognosis of NAITP, 3) immunological diagnosis of NAITP, and 4) prevention and treatment of the disease.
(8) We propose further study to determine if this is specific for the antepartum diagnosis of NAITP.
(9) Here reported are two cases with neonatal alloimmune thrombocytopenia (NAITP).
(10) However, the strongest association both in mothers of NAITP patients and in PTP patients was observed with the supertypic DRw52 antigen.
(11) On the other hand, some NAITP cases may have been overlooked because of their mildness.
(12) The only mother who was delivered of a child with clinical NAITP was the woman with anti-Zwa(PIA1) in serum.
(13) Sensitive assays of maternal platelet alloantibody are now available, but they lack specificity for NAITP affecting the current gestation.
(14) The authors report a case of two siblings who developed a neonatal alloimmune thrombocytopenia (NAITP) due to Bak-System incompatibility.
(15) We report a new platelet antigen (Yukb) involved in a case of neonatal alloimmune thrombocytopenia (NAITP).
(16) We demonstrate the sonographic and computer-tomographic findings in a newborn with neonatal alloimmune thrombocytopenia (NAITP).
(17) The strong association between HLA-DR3 and Zwa alloimmunization in Zwa-negative mothers, resulting in the production of anti-Zwa antibodies and ultimately in neonatal alloimmune thrombocytopenic purpura (NAITP) in the newborn, could be confirmed.
(18) We reviewed 58 literature reports of neonatal alloimmune thrombocytopenic purpura (NAITP).