Definition of blood disorder Blood disorder
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| blood disorder - a disease or disorder of the blood | ||
| blood disease | ||
| blood dyscrasia any abnormal condition of the blood | ||
| cytopenia a deficiency of some cellular element of the blood | ||
| acidemia a blood disorder characterized by an increased concentration of hydrogen ions in the blood (which falls below 7 on the pH scale) | ||
| alkalemia a blood disorder characterized by a lower concentration of hydrogen ions in the blood (which rises above 7.45 on the pH scale) | ||
| acanthocytosis the presence of acanthocytes in the blood stream (as in abetalipoproteinemia) | ||
| agranulocytosis, agranulosis, granulocytopenia an acute blood disorder (often caused by radiation or drug therapy) characterized by severe reduction in granulocytes | ||
| analbuminemia an abnormally low level of albumin in the blood serum | ||
| banti's disease, banti's syndrome a disease characterized by congestion and enlargement of the spleen; accompanied by anemia or cirrhosis | ||
| parasitaemia, parasitemia a condition in which parasites are present in the blood | ||
| bleeder's disease, haemophilia, hemophilia congenital tendency to uncontrolled bleeding; usually affects males and is transmitted from mother to son | ||
| afibrinogenemia the absence of fibrinogen in the plasma leading to prolonged bleeding | ||
| blood poisoning, septicaemia, septicemia invasion of the bloodstream by virulent microorganisms from a focus of infection | ||
| erythroblastosis a blood disease characterized by the abnormal presence of erythroblasts in the blood | ||
| haemoglobinopathy, hemoglobinopathy a blood disease characterized by the presence of abnormal hemoglobins in the blood | ||
| histiocytosis a blood disease characterized by an abnormal multiplication of macrophages | ||
| hydremia blood disorder in which there is excess fluid volume compared with the cell volume of the blood | ||
| hypothrombinemia 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 | ||
| hypervolaemia, hypervolemia a blood disorder consisting of an increase in the volume of circulating blood | ||
| hypovolaemia, hypovolemia a blood disorder consisting of a decrease in the volume of circulating blood | ||
| anaemia, anemia genus of terrestrial or lithophytic ferns having pinnatifid fronds; chiefly of tropical America | ||
| leucocytosis, leukocytosis an abnormal increase in the number of white blood cells in the blood as a result of infection (as in leukemia) | ||
| leucopenia, leukopenia an abnormal lowering of the white blood cell count | ||
| lymphocytopenia, lymphopenia an abnormally small number of lymphocytes in the circulating blood | ||
| lymphocytosis an abnormal increase in the number of lymphocytes in the circulating blood | ||
| microcytosis a blood disorder characterized by the presence of microcytes (abnormally small red blood cells) in the blood; often associated with anemia | ||
| polycythemia a disorder characterized by an abnormal increase in the number of red blood cells in the blood | ||
| peliosis, purpura any of several blood diseases causing subcutaneous bleeding | ||
| thrombocytopenia, thrombopenia a blood disease characterized by an abnormally small number of platelets in the blood | ||
| uratemia presence of abnormal amounts of uric acid salts in the blood; symptom of gout | ||
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