Blood
(n.) The fluid which circulates in the principal vascular system of animals, carrying nourishment to all parts of the body, and bringing away waste products to be excreted. See under Arterial. |
Blood
(n.) Relationship by descent from a common ancestor |
Blood
(n.) Descent |
Blood
(n.) Descent from parents of recognized breed |
Blood
(n.) The fleshy nature of man. |
Blood
(n.) The shedding of blood |
Blood
(n.) A bloodthirsty or murderous disposition. |
Blood
(n.) Temper of mind |
Blood
(n.) A man of fire or spirit |
Blood
(n.) The juice of anything, especially if red. |
Blood
(v. t.) To bleed. |
Blood
(v. t.) To stain, smear or wet, with blood. |
Blood
(v. t.) To give (hounds or soldiers) a first taste or sight of blood, as in hunting or war. |
Blood
(v. t.) To heat the blood of |
Blood-boltered
(a.) Having the hair matted with clotted blood. |
Blood money
() Money paid to the next of kin of a person who has been killed by another. |
Blood money
() Money obtained as the price, or at the cost, of another's life |
Blood-shotten
(a.) Bloodshot. |
Blood vessel
() Any vessel or canal in which blood circulates in an animal, as an artery or vein. |
Count
(v. t.) To tell or name one by one, or by groups, for the purpose of ascertaining the whole number of units in a collection |
Count
(v. t.) To place to an account |
Count
(v. t.) To esteem |
Count
(v. i.) To number or be counted |
Count
(v. i.) To reckon |
Count
(v. i.) To take account or note |
Count
(v. i.) To plead orally |
Count
(v. t.) The act of numbering |
Count
(v. t.) An object of interest or account |
Count
(v. t.) A formal statement of the plaintiff's case in court |
Count
(n.) A nobleman on the continent of Europe, equal in rank to an English earl. |
Count-wheel
(n.) The wheel in a clock which regulates the number of strokes. |
Differential
(a.) Relating to or indicating a difference |
Differential
(a.) Of or pertaining to a differential, or to differentials. |
Differential
(a.) Relating to differences of motion or leverage |
Differential
(n.) An increment, usually an indefinitely small one, which is given to a variable quantity. |
Differential
(n.) A small difference in rates which competing railroad lines, in establishing a common tariff, allow one of their number to make, in order to get a fair share of the business. The lower rate is called a differential rate. Differentials are also sometimes granted to cities. |
Differential
(n.) One of two coils of conducting wire so related to one another or to a magnet or armature common to both, that one coil produces polar action contrary to that of the other. |
Differential
(n.) A form of conductor used for dividing and distributing the current to a series of electric lamps so as to maintain equal action in all. |
Dragon's blood
() Alt. of Dragon's tail |
Half blood
() The relation between persons born of the same father or of the same mother, but not of both |
Half blood
(n.) A person so related to another. |
Half blood
(n.) A person whose father and mother are of different races |
| blood typing | determining a person's blood type by serological methods |
| differential diagnosis | a systematic method of diagnosing a disorder (e.g., headache) that lacks unique symptoms or signs |
transfusion
blood transfusion | the introduction of blood or blood plasma into a vein or artery |
| blood sport | sport that involves killing animals (especially hunting) |
count
counting
numeration
enumeration
reckoning tally a | the act of counting, reciting numbers in ascending order, the counting continued for several hours |
| 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 |
census
nose count
nosecount | a periodic count of the population |
| sperm count | the act of estimating the number of spermatozoa in an ejaculate |
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 |
vendetta
blood feud | a feud in which members of the opposing parties murder each other |
schistosome
blood fluke | flatworms parasitic in the blood vessels of mammals |
| blood clam | red-blooded clam |
| Count Fleet | thoroughbred that won the triple crown in |
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 |
| differential analyzer | an analog computer designed to solve differential equations |
differential gear
differential | a bevel gear that permits rotation of two shafts at different speeds, used on the rear axle of automobiles to allow wheels to rotate at different speeds on curves |
| blood | temperament or disposition, a person of hot blood |
| differential | a quality that differentiates between similar things |
| 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 |
marginal cost
incremental cost
differential cost | the increase or decrease in costs as a result of one more or one less unit of output |
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 |
difference threshold
differential threshold
difference limen
differential limen | the smallest change in stimulation that a person can detect |
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 |
| PSA blood test | a blood test that measures levels of a protein called prostate specific antigen that is manufactured exclusively by the prostate gland, men with prostate problems usually have elevated levels of PSA |
differential calculus
method of fluxions | the part of calculus that deals with the variation of a function with respect to changes in the independent variable (or variables) by means of the concepts of derivative and differential |
derived function
derivative
differential coefficient
differential
first derivative | the result of mathematical differentiation, the instantaneous change of one quantity relative to another, df(x)
dx |