sedimentation tube
1sédimentation — [ sedimɑ̃tasjɔ̃ ] n. f. • 1861; de sédiment 1 ♦ Méd. Formation de sédiment. Sédimentation sanguine : dépôt des globules rouges du sang rendu incoagulable, au fond du tube où il est laissé en repos. Vitesse de sédimentation, dont la détermination… …
2Sedimentation rate — A blood test that detects and monitors inflammation in the body. It measures the rate at which red blood cells (RBCs) in a test tube separate from blood serum over time, becoming sediment in the bottom of the test tube. The sedimentation rate… …
3sedimentation rate — The distance red blood cells travel in one hour in a sample of blood as they settle to the bottom of a test tube. The sedimentation rate is increased in inflammation, infection, cancer, rheumatic diseases, and diseases of the blood and bone… …
4sedimentation rate — noun 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 • Syn: ↑erythrocyte sedimentation rate, ↑ESR, ↑sed rate • Hypernyms: ↑rate * * * noun …
5Erythrocyte sedimentation rate — Diagnostics A rack of ESR tubes. MeSH …
6Vitesse de sedimentation — Vitesse de sédimentation Pour les articles homonymes, voir VS. La vitesse de sédimentation (VS), également appelée réaction de Biernacki, est une mesure non spécifique de l inflammation, utilisée fréquemment comme test médical d orientation. Pour …
7Vitesse de sédimentation — Pour les articles homonymes, voir VS. La vitesse de sédimentation (VS), également appelée réaction de Biernacki, est une mesure non spécifique de l inflammation, utilisée fréquemment comme test médical d orientation …
8Rate, sedimentation — A blood test that detects and monitors inflammation in the body. It measures the rate at which red blood cells (RBCs) in a test tube separate from blood serum over time, becoming sediment in the bottom of the test tube. The sedimentation rate… …
9erythrocyte sedimentation rate — ESR. The distance red blood cells travel in one hour in a sample of blood as they settle to the bottom of a test tube. The sedimentation rate is increased in inflammation, infection, cancer, rheumatic diseases, and diseases of the blood and bone… …
10Rate, erythrocyte sedimentation — A sedimentation rate, or "sed rate", is a blood test that detects and is used to monitor inflammation activity. It is measured by recording the rate at which red blood cells (RBCs) sediment in a tube over time. It increases (the RBCs… …
