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entity go
that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving)

abstraction, abstract entity go
a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples

attribute go
an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of an entity

state go
the way something is with respect to its main attributes

condition, status go
a state at a particular time

physical condition, physiological state, physiological condition go
the condition or state of the body or bodily functions

pathological state go
a physical condition that is caused by disease

ill health, unhealthiness, health problem go
a state in which you are unable to function normally and without pain

dyscrasia go
an abnormal or physiologically unbalanced state of the body

blood dyscrasia go
any abnormal condition of the blood

blood disease, blood disorder
a disease or disorder of the blood

noun.state

29 Subcategories

cytopenia go
a deficiency of some cellular element of the blood
acidemia go
a blood disorder characterized by an increased concentration of hydrogen ions in the blood (which falls below 7 on the pH scale)
alkalemia go
a blood disorder characterized by a lower concentration of hydrogen ions in the blood (which rises above 7.45 on the pH scale)
acanthocytosis go
the presence of acanthocytes in the blood stream (as in abetalipoproteinemia)
agranulocytosis, agranulosis, granulocytopenia go
an acute blood disorder (often caused by radiation or drug therapy) characterized by severe reduction in granulocytes
analbuminemia go
an abnormally low level of albumin in the blood serum
Banti's disease, Banti's syndrome go
a disease characterized by congestion and enlargement of the spleen
parasitemia, parasitaemia go
a condition in which parasites are present in the blood
hemophilia, haemophilia, bleeder's disease go
congenital tendency to uncontrolled bleeding
afibrinogenemia go
the absence of fibrinogen in the plasma leading to prolonged bleeding
blood poisoning, septicemia, septicaemia go
invasion of the bloodstream by virulent microorganisms from a focus of infection
erythroblastosis go
a blood disease characterized by the abnormal presence of erythroblasts in the blood
hemoglobinopathy, haemoglobinopathy go
a blood disease characterized by the presence of abnormal hemoglobins in the blood
histiocytosis go
a blood disease characterized by an abnormal multiplication of macrophages
hydremia go
blood disorder in which there is excess fluid volume compared with the cell volume of the blood
hypothrombinemia go
a low level of prothrombin (factor II) in the circulating blood
hypervolemia, hypervolaemia go
a blood disorder consisting of an increase in the volume of circulating blood
hypovolemia, hypovolaemia go
a blood disorder consisting of a decrease in the volume of circulating blood
anemia, anaemia go
a deficiency of red blood cells
leukocytosis, leucocytosis go
an abnormal increase in the number of white blood cells in the blood as a result of infection (as in leukemia)
leukopenia, leucopenia go
an abnormal lowering of the white blood cell count
lymphocytopenia, lymphopenia go
an abnormally small number of lymphocytes in the circulating blood
lymphocytosis go
an abnormal increase in the number of lymphocytes in the circulating blood
microcytosis go
a blood disorder characterized by the presence of microcytes (abnormally small red blood cells) in the blood
polycythemia go
a disorder characterized by an abnormal increase in the number of red blood cells in the blood
purpura, peliosis go
any of several blood diseases causing subcutaneous bleeding
thrombocytopenia, thrombopenia go
a blood disease characterized by an abnormally small number of platelets in the blood
uratemia go
presence of abnormal amounts of uric acid salts in the blood
uricaciduria go
presence of abnormal amounts of uric acid in the urine