ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does erythrocyte sedimentation rate mean? 

• ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE (noun)
  The noun ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE has 1 sense:

1. the rate at which red blood cells settle out in a tube of blood under standardized conditions; a high rate usually indicates the presence of inflammation

  Familiarity information: ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The rate at which red blood cells settle out in a tube of blood under standardized conditions; a high rate usually indicates the presence of inflammation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Synonyms:

erythrocyte sedimentation rate; ESR; sed rate; sedimentation rate

Hypernyms ("erythrocyte sedimentation rate" is a kind of...):

rate (a magnitude or frequency relative to a time unit)

 Context examples 

Also called erythrocyte sedimentation rate and sedimentation rate.

(ESR, NCI Dictionary)

Blood tests for C-reactive protein (CRP) and erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) can help physicians assess levels of inflammation in the body.

(Obesity May Influence Rheumatoid Arthritis Blood Tests, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

A clinical stage I or II non-Hodgkin lymphoma without any of the following risk factors: large mediastinal mass, extranodal spread, elevated erythrocyte sedimentation rate, involvement of at least three lymph node areas, and B symptoms.

(Early Favorable Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma, NCI Thesaurus)

A clinical stage I or II non-Hodgkin lymphoma with at least one of the following risk factors: large mediastinal mass, extranodal spread, elevated erythrocyte sedimentation rate, involvement of at least three lymph node areas, and B symptoms.

(Early Unfavorable Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma, NCI Thesaurus)