blood disease

Noun
  1. is a type of: blood dyscrasia - any abnormal condition of the blood
    subtypes:
    • 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 - a deficiency of red blood cells
    • 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
    • uricaciduria - presence of abnormal amounts of uric acid in the urine; symptom of gout
    same as: blood disorder

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