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Descriptor
English
:
Osmotic Fragility
Descriptor
Spanish
:
Fragilidad Osmótica
Descriptor
Portuguese
:
Fragilidade Osmótica
Synonyms
English
:
Saline Fragility
Tree Number:
E01.370.225.625.550
E05.200.625.550
G09.188.640
Definition
English
:
RED BLOOD CELL sensitivity to change in
OSMOTIC PRESSURE
. When exposed to a hypotonic
concentration
of
sodium
in a solution, red cells take in more water, swell until the capacity of the
cell membrane
is exceeded, and burst.
Indexing Annotation
English
:
do not coord with
ERYTHROCYTES
since this is defined in terms of
erythrocytes
; NIM
History Note
English
:
70(65)
Allowable Qualifiers
English
:
DE
drug effects
ES
ethics
GE
genetics
IM
immunology
PH
physiology
RE
radiation effects
Record Number:
10173
Unique Identifier:
D009996
Occurrence in VHL
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