English > blood disease: 1 sense > noun 1, state| Meaning | A disease or disorder of the blood. |
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| Synonym | blood disorder |
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| Narrower | Banti's disease, Banti's syndrome | A disease characterized by congestion and enlargement of the spleen |
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| acanthocytosis | The presence of acanthocytes in the blood stream (as in abetalipoproteinemia) |
| acidemia | A blood disorder characterized by an increased concentration of hydrogen ions in the blood (which falls below 7 on the pH scale) |
| afibrinogenemia | The absence of fibrinogen in the plasma leading to prolonged bleeding |
| agranulocytosis, agranulosis, granulocytopenia | An acute blood disorder (often caused by radiation or drug therapy) characterized by severe reduction in granulocytes |
| alkalemia | A blood disorder characterized by a lower concentration of hydrogen ions in the blood (which rises above 7.45 on the pH scale) |
| analbuminemia | An abnormally low level of albumin in the blood serum |
| anemia, anaemia | A deficiency of red blood cells |
| blood poisoning, septicemia, septicaemia | invasion of the bloodstream by virulent microorganisms from a focus of infection |
| cytopenia | A deficiency / deficiency of some cellular element of the blood |
| erythroblastosis | A blood disease characterized by the abnormal presence of erythroblasts in the blood |
| hemoglobinopathy, haemoglobinopathy | A blood disease characterized by the presence of abnormal hemoglobins in the blood |
| hemophilia, haemophilia, bleeder's disease | congenital tendency to uncontrolled bleeding |
| 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 |
| hypervolemia, hypervolaemia | A blood disorder consisting of an increase / increase / increase in the volume of circulating blood |
| hypothrombinemia | A low level of prothrombin (factor II) in the circulating blood |
| hypovolemia, hypovolaemia | A blood disorder consisting of a decrease in the volume of circulating blood |
| leukocytosis, leucocytosis | An abnormal increase / increase in the number of white blood cells in the blood as a result of infection (as in leukemia) |
| leukopenia, leucopenia | 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 / increase / 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 |
| parasitemia, parasitaemia | A condition in which parasites are present in the blood |
| polycythemia | A disorder characterized by an abnormal increase / increase / increase in the number of red blood cells in the blood |
| purpura, peliosis | 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 |
| uricaciduria | presence of abnormal amounts of uric acid in the urine |
| Broader | blood dyscrasia | Any abnormal condition of the blood |
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| Spanish | enfermedad de la sangre, hemopatía |
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| Catalan | hemopatia, malaltia de la sang |
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