Sedimentation Rate

Definition: Sedimentation Rate

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.

Synonyms: Sedimentation Rate

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

Crosswords: Sedimentation Rate

English words defined with "sedimentation rate": erythrocyte sedimentation rate. (references)

Specialty definitions using "sedimentation rate": Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic ♦ Polymyalgia Rheumatica ♦ Schnitzler Syndrome, starved basin ♦ Wissler's Syndrome. (references)

Domain	Title
Books	Correlation analyses between weatherclasses and blood sedimentation rate fluctuations of a population sample in Leiden, The Netherlands (reference) (more book examples)
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Expressions using "sedimentation rate": blood sedimentation rate ♦ erythrocyte sedimentation rate. Additional references.
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Language		Translations for "sedimentation rate"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Danish		sænkningsreaktion (erythrocyte sedimentation rate, sed rate, sedimentation velocity). (various references)

Dutch		valsnelheid (erythrocyte sedimentation rate, sed rate, sedimentation velocity). (various references)

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

French		VS (erythrocyte sedimentation rate, sed rate, sedimentation velocity), vitesse de sédimentation (erythrocyte sedimentation rate, sed rate, sedimentation velocity). (various references)

German		BSG (erythrocyte sedimentation rate, sed rate, sedimentation velocity), Blutkörperchensenkungsgeschwindigkeit (erythrocyte sedimentation rate, sed rate, sedimentation velocity). (various references)

Greek		ταχύτητα καθίζησης (erythrocyte sedimentation rate, sed rate, sedimentation velocity). (various references)

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

Japanese Kanji		赤血球沈降速度 (erythrocyte sedimentation rate), 赤沈 (blood sedimentation rate). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		せきち�" (blood sedimentation rate), せっけっきゅうち�"�"うそくど (erythrocyte sedimentation rate). (various references)

Pig Latin		edimentationsay ateray

Portuguese		velocidade de hemossedimentação (erythrocyte sedimentation rate). (various references)

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

Swedish		sänkningsreaktion. (various references)

Turkish		sedimantasyon hızı (blood sedimentation rate). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-a-d-e-e-e-i-i-m-n-n-o-r-s-t-t-t"
	-3 letters: determinations.
	-4 letters: antimodernist, determination, indeterminate, intermediates, reinstatement, sedimentation.
	-5 letters: administrant, administrate, deaminations, densitometer, determinants, detrainments, disinterment, disorientate, endometritis, entreatments, instantiated, intermediate, interstation, reanimations, remediations, strontianite, terminations.
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

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Sedimentation Rate

Definition: Sedimentation Rate