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blood count
blood count method for determining the number of red (erythrocytes) and white (leukocytes) blood cells in a certain volume of blood. This test can be used as a preliminary step in diagnosing some diseases. Leukemia, for instance, causes an increase in the white blood cell count, while a decrease in... Read more
blood test
blood test examination of blood routinely or as an aid in diagnosing a suspected disease. Tests may be performed on whole blood or on the plasma portion only. Blood typing identifies the proteins at specific sites on red blood cells, a necessity in determining compatibility for blood transfusion... Read more
Dracula
Dracula, a novel by B. Stoker, published 1897, the most famous of all tales of vampirism.The story is told through the diaries of a young solicitor, Jonathan Harker, his fiancée Mina, her friend Lucy Westenra, and Dr John Seward, the superintendent of a large lunatic asylum at Purfleet, in Es... Read more
casino
casino or cassino . 1 Card game played with a full deck by two to four players. Its origins are obscure though it probably traces back to the Italian game of Scopa. It is a very scientific game, though playing with more than two persons reduces the strategic possibilities. Four cards are dealt... Read more
Fernando Álvarez de Toledo Alba, duque de
Fernando Álvarez de Toledo Alba, duque de , b. 1507 or 1508, d. 1582, Spanish general and administrator. After a distinguished military career in Germany and Italy, Alba returned to Spain as adviser to King Philip II. Advocating a stern policy toward the rebels against Spain in the Netherlan... Read more
vampire
vampire in folklore, animated corpse that sucks the blood of humans. Belief in vampires has existed from the earliest times and has given rise to an amalgam of legends and superstitions. They were most commonly thought of as spirits or demons that left their graves at night to seek and enslave thei... Read more
pulse
pulse alternate expansion and contraction of artery walls as heart action varies blood volume within the arteries. Artery walls are elastic. Hence they become distended by increased blood volume during systole, or contraction of the heart. During diastole, or relaxation of the heart, blood volu... Read more
Mene Mene, Tekel, Upharsin
Mene Mene, Tekel, Upharsin , in the Bible, the mysterious riddle written by a hand on the wall at Belshazzar's feast. These Aramaic words may be translated literally as, "It has been counted and counted, weighed and divided." Daniel interpreted this to mean that the king's deeds had been weighed... Read more
Lance Armstrong
Lance Armstrong 1971-, American cyclist, b. Dallas, Tex. He won (1991) the U.S. amateur cycling championship, turned professional (1992), and by the mid-1990s had won the Tour DuPont twice and was being hailed as the finest U.S. cyclist. In 1996, however, he was diagnosed with testicular cancer, wh... Read more
Sir William Osler
Sir William Osler , 1849-1919, Canadian physician, M.D. McGill Univ., 1872. Renowned as a physician and as a medical historian, he was also the most brilliant and influential teacher of medicine in his day. He was professor at McGill (1875-84), the Univ. of Pennsylvania (1884-89), Johns Hopkins (188... Read more

Encyclopedia entries related to "Full blood count"

Chlorambucil
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Cancer ...Patients who have received a full course of radiation therapy...while on this medicine. Blood counts will be monitored regularly...activity resulting in a low blood cell count. Myelo-suppression...chlorambucil. When the white blood cell count is lower than...
Transient Ischemic Attack
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine, 3rd ed. ...50,000; an exact count is difficult because...within a short time. Blood flows into the brain...dissolve within hours and full function returns...description of the symptoms. Blood tests are ordered to screen blood counts — the numbers...
Antipsychotic Drugs, Atypical
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine, 3rd ed. ...using clozapine, and blood counts every week for the first...of a drop in the white blood count while using clozapine...problems, or some types of blood problems. KEY TERMS...drug individually for a full list of possible adverse...
Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS)
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Psychology ...diagnostic criteria a count of 200 or fewer CD4T lymphocyte cells per cubic ml of blood (a sign of severe immune...and other recipients of blood transfusions. In 1984...contact with infected blood and blood products, and...eventually become ill with full-blown AIDS, although...
Levamisole
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Cancer ...cancer. Levamisole takes the full name of levamisole hydrochloride...adjusted according to the count of white blood cells and platelets in a patient's blood. In some cases, levamisole...in the composition of the blood, which can be fatal. For...
Vampire
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology ...coffin is also very often full of blood, the body has a swollen...frequently half-devoured. The blood contained in the veins...great quantity of fresh blood issued from the wound...who commissioned the count de Cabreras …...
Pneumococcal Pneumonia
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine, 3rd ed. ...removing the bacteria from the blood. Cases of pneumonia...done include a complete blood count, a sputum sample for microscopic...pneumoniae , and possibly blood cultures. Treatment Depending...antibiotics in 48 to 72 hours. Full recovery from pneumonia...
Maternal to Fetal Infections
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine, 3rd ed. ...is exposed to maternal blood. Perinatal transmission...severe fetal anemia (low blood count ) that can lead to congestive...of infected infants are full-term. During the 1970s...of newborn sepsis, or blood infection, and meningitis...
Mirtazapine
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Mental Disorders ...weeks of treatment before full beneficial effects are...mirtazapine may lower blood counts, causing people to be...flu-like symptoms, low blood-cell counts, high cholesterol...changes in heart rate and blood pressure, and the possibility...
Tonsillitis
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine ...prescribing antibiotics. A blood test may also be done to...and to check the white blood cell count to see if the body is responding...the doctor may order blood tests for mononucleosis...it must be taken for the full course of treatment, which...

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blood count
Book article from: A Dictionary of Nursing ...the numbers of different blood cells in a known volume of blood, usually expressed as the number of cells per litre. full b. c. ( FBC ) a blood count that includes measures...red cells, as well as counts of red cells, white cells...
Duning, George
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...Captain Pirate (Captain Blood, Fugitive ) (Murphy); Affair...against the House (Karlson); Count Three and Pray (G. Sherman...Run Away from It (Powell); Full of Life (Quine); The Eddy...Dear Brigitte (Koster); My Blood Runs Cold (Conrad) 1966 Any...
Selig, William N.
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...Anderson); Dolly's Papa 1908 The Count of Monte Cristo (Boggs); Dr. Jekyll...Romance (Campbell) 1921 The Hunger of the Blood (Watt); The Last Chance (Cullison...locations for fiction films. He maintained full travelling companies in both Florida and...
Eyck, Jan van
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Art ...Hague at the court of John of Bavaria, Count of Holland. In 1425 John died and later...around the Lamb of God, which spills its blood into a chalice, symbolizing Christ's...and his wife Elisabeth), realistic full-length nudes (of Adam and Eve), landscapes...
Novello, Ivor
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...1920 L'Appel du sang (The Call of the Blood ) (Mercanton) (as Maurice Delarey...as Ivor) 1921 Carnival (Knoles) (as Count Andrea Scipione) 1922 The Bohemian Girl...1936. Careless Rapture, London, 1936. Full House, London, 1936. Comedienne, London...
FBC
Book article from: A Dictionary of Nursing FBC n. see (full) blood count .

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Local reference ranges for full blood count and CD4 lymphocyte count testing.(Original Articles)(cluster of differentiation)(Report)
Magazine article from: South African Medical Journal; 4/1/2009; ; 700+ words ; ...diagnostic tests. The full blood count and CD4...time. Full blood count analyser technologies...example, platelet counts were not routinely...current absolute CD4 count reference range...Gauteng region for full blood count and absolute CD4 ...
Full blood count and haemozoin-containing leukocytes in children with malaria: diagnostic value and association with disease severity.(Research)
Magazine article from: Malaria Journal; 6/12/2008; ; 700+ words ; ...cause several changes in full blood count (FBC) parameters...haematocrit and manual white blood cell (WBC) differentials...imprecision of manual counts is well known [2...malaria [16, 17]. Blood samples were analysed...
BLOOD COUNT `SHADOW OF A VAMPIRE' IS A HOMAGE TO `NOSFERATU,' THE CREEPY HORROR CLASSIC.(LIFE & LEISURE)(Movie review)
Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY); 1/26/2001; 700+ words ; ...death and immortality. Blood-sucking predators with...eerie, shadowy dream full of dread that still holds...will play the vampire, Count Orlock. They're told...vampire's desire for blood is matched only by the...head and sucks out the blood as the other men watch...
Upping the blood count
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 9/19/1996; ; 700+ words ; ...bat-wing tattoos and blood- red mouths, they gathered...its forbidding gates and blood-red lanterns to the...clouds across a misty full moon, billowing muslin...Denis Malinkine as the Count, a mesmeric, sexually...is an orgasmic bit of blood-letting, the Count...
LOW RED BLOOD COUNT DELAYS WAQUOIT TRIP
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 10/29/1988; ; 700+ words ; ...surface, came down with a low red blood count, and trainer Guido Federico decided...out yesterday morning. A low red blood count is caused by fatigue but is easily...New England Turf Writers will take full advantage of the last opportunity...
`Blood Count' smooth, brisk
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 10/17/1986; ; 608 words ; ...cops who bother to read mysteries. And Blood Count (Morrow, $15.95) serves up another...with a squalling baby has left a suitcase full of gore at their erstwhile landlady...87th Precinct novels. The Job is what counts. And Shannon makes the most of it.
Cody battling cancer, low blood cell counts
Newspaper article from: Courier-News (Elgin, IL); 2/8/1999; 700+ words ; ...chemotherapy knocks his counts down," she said...chemotherapy would cause his red count to drop once in a while...one small bag of red blood every six weeks or so...in the hope that his blood counts will improve. But Beth...said, referring to the full-body testing that would...
DOWN FOR THE (BLOOD) COUNT
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 10/27/2000; ; 700+ words ; ...your palm. Some of us were full of knowledge about CPR. Most...The stories were about drawing blood - maybe because it seems such...avoid drawing a single vial of blood through medical school. It...reminded someone else of his best blood-drawing story. During internship...
SHANNEN GETS OZZY'S BLOOD COUNT UP.(News)
Newspaper article from: The Mirror (London, England); 11/1/2003; 402 words ; ...Doherty - because of her angelic outfit. Ozzy, dressed as Count Dracula for wife Sharon's Halloween chat show special, quizzed...nude photo shoot for Playboy. The 32-year-old who banned full frontal shots, was reportedly paid $2million by the magazine...
GM: When fed to rats it affected their kidneys and blood counts. So what might it do to humans? We think you should be told The secret research we reveal today raises the potential health risks of genetically modified foods. Here, environment editor Geoffrey Lean, who has led this paper's campaign on GM technology for the past six years, examines the new evidence.
Newspaper article from: The Independent on Sunday; 5/22/2005; ; 700+ words ; ...truth about that, this was a time when the Government was determined to press full-speed ahead with GM technology " and to rubbish him. Tony Blair had just put his full weight behind modified foods, letting it be known that he would happily eat...