hemolysis
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Definition
Noun: * The destruction of red blood cells, resulting in the release of hemoglobin into the surrounding fluid. This is a biological process where the membrane of an erythrocyte (red blood cell) ruptures or disintegrates.
Usage
- Hemolysis is a medical and scientific term used to describe a specific cellular event. It can occur inside the body () due to various conditions or outside the body () due to improper blood sample handling.
- It is typically used as an uncountable noun to describe the process or state.
- The patient's anemia was caused by excessive hemolysis.
- The laboratory noted hemolysis in the blood sample, making some tests unreliable.
Advanced Usage
- Adjective Form: Hemolytic (/ˌhiː.məˈlɪt.ɪk/ or /ˌhɛm.əˈlɪt.ɪk/). This describes something that causes or relates to hemolysis.
- A hemolytic reaction.
- The toxin has hemolytic properties.
- Verb Form: Hemolyze (also spelled in British English). This means to undergo or cause hemolysis.
- Certain chemicals can hemolyze red blood cells.
- The fragile cells began to hemolyze.
Variants and Related Words
- Haemolysis: The British English spelling of hemolysis.
- Erythrolysis: A more technical synonym, directly meaning "the breaking apart of red cells."
- Lysis: A general term for the disintegration or dissolution of a cell.
- Hemoglobinemia: The presence of free hemoglobin in the blood plasma, which is a direct consequence of hemolysis.
Synonyms
- Erythrolysis (technical)
- Red blood cell lysis (descriptive)
Related Phrases and Contexts
- Intravascular hemolysis: Hemolysis that occurs within the blood vessels.
- Extravascular hemolysis: Hemolysis that occurs primarily in the spleen and liver.
- Hemolytic anemia: A type of anemia caused by the accelerated destruction (hemolysis) of red blood cells.
- Mechanical hemolysis: Physical damage to red blood cells, e.g., from artificial heart valves.
Noun
- lysis of erythrocytes with the release of hemoglobin