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Descriptor
English
:
Blood
Descriptor
Spanish
:
Sangre
Descriptor
Portuguese
:
Sangue
Tree Number:
A12.207.152
A15.145
Definition
English
:
The body fluid that circulates in the vascular system (
BLOOD VESSELS
). Whole blood includes
PLASMA
and
BLOOD CELLS.
Indexing Annotation
English
:
general only as a substance: prefer / blood with higher
animals
, substances &
diseases
: Manual 19.7+, 19.8.10; not for
hemodynamics
: Manual 23.28, 23.29; reinfusion =
BLOOD TRANSFUSION
, AUTOLOGOUS; venous blood: coordinate BLOOD + VEINS or specific vein but do not index here for routine blood samples; arterial blood: coordinate BLOOD +
ARTERIES
or specific
artery
but only if the arterial aspect is significant; "blood picture" = probably
BLOOD CELLS
or
BLOOD CELL COUNT
; "blood clot": physiol clot or clotting =
BLOOD COAGULATION
, pathologic clot or clotting =
THROMBOSIS
or
EMBOLISM
Consider also terms at
English
:
HEM-
Entry Combination - descr/qualif
English
:
Blood
/
analysis
use
Blood Chemical Analysis
Blood
/
cytology
use
Blood Cells
Blood
/
enzymology
use
Enzymes
/
blood
Blood
/
physiology
use
Blood Physiological Phenomena
Blood
/
chemistry
use
Blood Chemical Analysis
See Related
English
:
Hematopoiesis
Occult Blood
Allowable Qualifiers
English
:
DG
diagnostic imaging
DE
drug effects
IM
immunology
ME
metabolism
MI
microbiology
PS
parasitology
RE
radiation effects
VI
virology
Record Number:
1794
Unique Identifier:
D001769
Occurrence in VHL
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