| blood typing | determining a person's blood type by serological methods |
transfusion
blood transfusion | the introduction of blood or blood plasma into a vein or artery |
| blood sport | sport that involves killing animals (especially hunting) |
| blood count | the act of estimating the number of red and white corpuscles in a blood sample |
complete blood count
CBC
blood profile | counting the number of white and red blood cells and the number of platelets in cubic millimeter of blood |
| differential blood count | counting the number of specific types of white blood cells found in cubic millimeter of blood, may be included as part of a complete blood count |
| brain surgery | any surgical procedure involving the brain |
| split-brain technique | brain surgery on animals in which the corpus callosum (and sometimes the optic chiasm) is severed so that communication between the cerebral hemispheres is interrupted |
blood-oxygenation level dependent functional magnetic resonance imaging
BOLD FMRI | functional magnetic resonance imaging that relies on intrinsic changes in hemoglobin oxygenation |
| arterial blood gases | measurement of the pH level and the oxygen and carbon dioxide concentrations in arterial blood, important in diagnosis of many respiratory diseases |
| brain drain | depletion or loss of intellectual and technical personnel |
vendetta
blood feud | a feud in which members of the opposing parties murder each other |
| brain coral | massive reef-building coral having a convoluted and furrowed surface |
schistosome
blood fluke | flatworms parasitic in the blood vessels of mammals |
| blood clam | red-blooded clam |
barrel knot
blood knot | a knot used for tying fishing leaders together, the ends of the two leaders are wrapped around each other two or three times |
| blood | temperament or disposition, a person of hot blood |
| full blood | descent from parents both of one pure breed |
body temperature
blood heat | temperature of the body, normally . F or C in humans, usually measured to obtain a quick evaluation of a person's health |
artery
arteria
arterial blood vessel | a blood vessel that carries blood from the heart to the body |
| blood | the fluid (red in vertebrates) that is pumped through the body by the heart and contains plasma, blood cells, and platelets, blood carries oxygen and nutrients to the tissues and carries away waste products, the ancients believed that blood was the seat of the emotions |
| arterial blood | blood found in arteries, except for the pulmonary artery the arterial blood is rich in oxygen |
blood group
blood type | human blood cells (usually just the red blood cells) that have the same antigens |
Rh-positive blood type
Rh positive | the blood group (approximately % of people) whose red cells have the Rh factor (Rh antigen) |
Rh-negative blood type
Rh-negative blood
Rh negative | the blood group whose red cells lack the Rh factor (Rh antigen) |
bloodstream
blood stream | the blood flowing through the circulatory system |
blood clot
grume | a semisolid mass of coagulated red and white blood cells |
| cord blood | blood obtained from the umbilical cord at birth |
menorrhea
menstrual blood
menstrual flow | flow of blood from the uterus, occurs at roughly monthly intervals during a woman's reproductive years |
| venous blood | blood found in the veins, except in the pulmonary vein venous blood is rich in carbon dioxide and poor in oxygen |
| whole blood | blood that has not been modified except for the addition of an anticoagulant, whole blood is normally used in blood transfusions |
serum
blood serum | an amber, watery fluid, rich in proteins, that separates out when blood coagulates |
plasma
plasm blood plasma | the colorless watery fluid of the blood and lymph that contains no cells, but in which the blood cells (erythrocytes, leukocytes, and thrombocytes) are suspended |
| blood vessel | a vessel in which blood circulates |
vein
vena
venous blood vessel | a blood vessel that carries blood from the capillaries toward the heart, all veins except the pulmonary vein carry unaerated blood |
venation
venous blood system | (zoology) the system of venous blood vessels in an animal |
blood cell
blood corpuscle
corpuscle | either of two types of cells (erythrocytes and leukocytes) and sometimes including platelets |
leukocyte
leucocyte
white blood cell
white cell
white blood corpuscle
white corpuscle
WBC | blood cells that engulf and digest bacteria and fungi, an important part of the body's defense system |
red blood cell
RBC
erythrocyte | a mature blood cell that contains hemoglobin to carry oxygen to the bodily tissues, a biconcave disc that has no nucleus |
| brain cell | a nerve cell in the brain |
left hemisphere
left brain | the cerebral hemisphere to the left of the corpus callosum that controls the right half of the body |
right hemisphere
right brain | the cerebral hemisphere to the right of the corpus callosum that controls the left half of the body |
rhinencephalon
olfactory brain | a center in the cerebral hemispheres that governs the sense of smell in lower animals, in humans it seems to mediate complex emotional behavior |
brain
encephalon | that part of the central nervous system that includes all the higher nervous centers, enclosed within the skull, continuous with the spinal cord |
limbic system
visceral brain
limbic brain | a system of functionally related neural structures in the brain that are involved in emotional behavior |
brainstem
brain-stem
brain stem | the part of the brain continuous with the spinal cord and comprising the medulla oblongata and pons and midbrain and parts of the hypothalamus |
mind
head
brain psyche
nous | that which is responsible for one's thoughts and feelings, the seat of the faculty of reason, his mind wandered, I couldn't get his words out of my head |
brain
brainpower
learning ability
mental capacity
mentality
wit | mental ability, he's got plenty of brains but no common sense |
ABO blood group system
ABO system
ABO group | a classification system for the antigens of human blood, used in blood transfusion therapy, four groups are A and B and AB and O |
| blood test | a serologic analysis of a sample of blood |