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Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate

Definition: Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate

Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate

Noun

1. The rate at which red blood cells settle out in a tube of blood under standardized conditions; a high rate usually indicates the presence of inflammation.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

 

Synonyms: Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate

Synonyms: sed rate (n), sedimentation rate (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate

Specialty definitions using "erythrocyte sedimentation rate": Lupus Erythematosus, SystemicPolymyalgia RheumaticaSchnitzler Syndrome. (references)

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
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erythrocyte sedimentation rate

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Modern Translations: Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate

Language Translations for "erythrocyte sedimentation rate"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

SR (black smoke, Security Council, ster, Steradian, United Nations Security Council, UNSC), sænkningsreaktion (sed rate, sedimentation rate, sedimentation velocity), blodlegemers sænkningshastighed. (various references)

   

Dutch

  

valsnelheid (sed rate, sedimentation rate, sedimentation velocity), bloedbezinkingsreactie, bloedbezinking (blood sedimentation test, ptosis), bezinkingssnelheid van de erythrocyten, bezinking (blood sedimentation test, falling out of a solid within a liquid because of gravity, ptosis, sedimentation, settling). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

lasko (sed rate, sedimentation rate, sedimentation velocity), LA (Lao People's Democratic Republic, Laos, sed rate, sedimentation rate, sedimentation velocity), B-LA (sed rate, sedimentation rate, sedimentation velocity). (various references)

   

French

  

VSH, VSG, VS, vitesse de sédimentation globulaire, vitesse de sédimentation des hématies, vitesse de sédimentation, V.S.G., V.S.. (various references)

   

German

  

ESR, Erythrocyten-Senkungsreaktion, Erythrocytensedimentationsrate, SR (Council of States, fast reactor, Republic of Suriname, Security Council, Series-resonant, Suriname, United Nations Security Council, UNSC), Senkungsreaktion, BSR, BSG (sed rate, sedimentation rate, sedimentation velocity), Blutsenkungsreaktion, Blutsenkung, Blutkoerperchensenkungsreaktion, Blutkoerperchensenkungsgeschwindigkeit, Blutkörperchensenkungsreaktion, Blutkörperchensenkungsgeschwindigkeit (sed rate, sedimentation rate, sedimentation velocity), Blutkörperchensenkung, BKS. (various references)

   

Greek 

  

ταχύτητα καθίζησης ερυθρών αιμοσφαιρίων, ταχύτητα καθίζησης (sed rate, sedimentation rate, sedimentation velocity). (various references)

   

Italian

  

VES (sed rate, sedimentation rate, sedimentation velocity), velocit di sedimentazione dei globuli rossi (sed rate, sedimentation rate, sedimentation velocity), velocit di eritrosedimentazione (sed rate, sedimentation rate, sedimentation velocity). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

赤血球沈降速度 . (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

せっけっきゅうち""うそくど. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

erythrocyteay edimentationsay ateray

   

Portuguese

  

velocidade de hemossedimentação. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

VS (sed rate, sedimentation rate, sedimentation velocity), velocidad de sedimentación (sed rate, sedimentation rate, sedimentation velocity). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Alternative Orthography: Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

45 72 79 74 68 72 6F 63 79 74 65      53 65 64 69 6D 65 6E 74 61 74 69 6F 6E      52 61 74 65

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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000101 01110010 01111001 01110100 01101000 01110010 01101111 01100011 01111001 01110100 01100101 00100000 01010011 01100101 01100100 01101001 01101101 01100101 01101110 01110100 01100001 01110100 01101001 01101111 01101110 00100000 01010010 01100001 01110100 01100101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

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ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0045 0072 0079 0074 0068 0072 006F 0063 0079 0074 0065      0053 0065 0064 0069 006D 0065 006E 0074 0061 0074 0069 006F 006E      0052 0061 0074 0065

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Expressions: Internet
5. Translations: Modern
6. Orthography
7. Bibliography


  

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