(blood plasma)

  • 111Plasma membrane Ca²⁺ ATPase — The plasma membrane Ca2+ ATPase (PMCA) is a transport protein in the plasma membrane of cells that serves to remove calcium (Ca2+) from the cell. It is vital for regulating the amount of Ca2+ within cells. [ cite journal | last =Jensen | first… …

    Wikipedia

  • 112Blood test — A blood test is a laboratory analysis performed on a blood sample that is usually extracted from a vein in the arm using a needle, or via fingerprick. Blood tests are used to determine physiological and biochemical states such as disease, mineral …

    Wikipedia

  • 113plasma — Synonyms and related words: Rh factor, Rh negative, Rh positive, Rh type, Rhesus factor, antibody, antigen, arterial blood, blood, blood bank, blood cell, blood count, blood donor, blood donor center, blood group, blood grouping, blood picture,… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 114blood — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. serum, essence; sap; gore; kindred; lineage, heritage. See relation, fluidity, ancestry, class. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Fluid in the mammalian circulatory system] Syn. lifeblood, heart s blood, vital… …

    English dictionary for students

  • 115Blood island — Infobox Embryology Name = PAGENAME Latin = GraySubject = 135 GrayPage = 506 Caption = Caption2 = Days = 21 CarnegieStage = 6a Precursor = mesoderm System = MeshName = MeshNumber = DorlandsPre = i 13 DorlandsSuf = 12460968 Blood islands are… …

    Wikipedia

  • 116Plasma sanguin — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Plasma. Ces deux tubes contiennent de l EDTA, dans celui de gauche les hématies ont eu le temps de sédimenter ce qui n est pas le cas du tube de droite où elles sont en suspension …

    Wikipédia en Français

  • 117blood — n. & v. n. 1 a liquid, usually red and circulating in the arteries and veins of vertebrates, that carries oxygen to and carbon dioxide from the tissues of the body. 2 a corresponding fluid in invertebrates. 3 bloodshed, esp. killing. 4 passion,… …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 118Blood group — An inherited feature on the surface of the red blood cells. A series of related blood types constitute a blood group system such as the Rh or the ABO system. The frequencies of the ABO and Rh blood types vary from population to population. In the …

    Medical dictionary

  • 119Blood film — A Blood Film or Peripheral Blood Smear is a slide made from a drop of blood, that allows the cells to be examined microscopically. Blood films are usually done to investigate hematological problems (disorders of the blood itself) and,… …

    Wikipedia

  • 120plasma —   n. fluid part of blood, etc; an ionized gas.    ♦ plasmatic,    ♦ plasmic, a.    ♦ plasma cell, n. white blood corpuscle.    ♦ plasmophagous, a. consuming plasma …

    Dictionary of difficult words