HEMOLYSIS
\hiːmˈɒləsˌɪs], \hiːmˈɒləsˌɪs], \h_iː_m_ˈɒ_l_ə_s_ˌɪ_s]\
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By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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The destruction of ERYTHROCYTES by many different causal agents such as antibodies, bacteria, chemicals, temperature, and changes in tonicity.
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Dissolution of red-blood corpuscles.
By William R. Warner
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The dissolving of red blood corpuscles with the setting free of hemoglobin in the fluid medium. This can be accomplished by distilled water, by freezing, by a temperature of 55 C., by acids, by alkalis, by certain glycerids such as saponin, by bacterial cultures such as the tetanus bacillus, by animal venoms, and by the serum of foreign or immunized animals. [Gr.]
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
Word of the day
basidiomycota
- comprises fungi bearing the spores on basidium: Gasteromycetes (puffballs); Tiliomycetes (comprising orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts)); Hymenomycetes (mushrooms; toadstools; agarics; bracket fungi); in some classification systems considered a division of kingdom comprises fungi bearing spores on a basidium; includes Gasteromycetes (puffballs) Tiliomycetes comprising the orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts) Hymenomycetes (mushrooms, toadstools, agarics bracket fungi).