BLOOD DISORDER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does blood disorder mean? 

• BLOOD DISORDER (noun)
  The noun BLOOD DISORDER has 1 sense:

1. a disease or disorder of the blood

  Familiarity information: BLOOD DISORDER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BLOOD DISORDER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A disease or disorder of the blood

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

blood disease; blood disorder

Hypernyms ("blood disorder" is a kind of...):

blood dyscrasia (any abnormal condition of the blood)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "blood disorder"):

hydremia (blood disorder in which there is excess fluid volume compared with the cell volume of the blood)

uricaciduria (presence of abnormal amounts of uric acid in the urine; symptom of gout)

uratemia (presence of abnormal amounts of uric acid salts in the blood; symptom of gout)

thrombocytopenia; thrombopenia (a blood disease characterized by an abnormally small number of platelets in the blood)

peliosis; purpura (any of several blood diseases causing subcutaneous bleeding)

polycythemia (a disorder characterized by an abnormal increase in the number of red blood cells in the blood)

microcytosis (a blood disorder characterized by the presence of microcytes (abnormally small red blood cells) in the blood; often associated with anemia)

lymphocytosis (an abnormal increase in the number of lymphocytes in the circulating blood)

lymphocytopenia; lymphopenia (an abnormally small number of lymphocytes in the circulating blood)

leucopenia; leukopenia (an abnormal lowering of the white blood cell count)

leucocytosis; leukocytosis (an abnormal increase in the number of white blood cells in the blood as a result of infection (as in leukemia))

anaemia; anemia (a deficiency of red blood cells)

hypovolaemia; hypovolemia (a blood disorder consisting of a decrease in the volume of circulating blood)

hypervolaemia; hypervolemia (a blood disorder consisting of an increase in the volume of circulating blood)

hypothrombinemia (a low level of prothrombin (factor II) in the circulating blood; results in long clotting time and poor clot formation and sometimes excessive bleeding; can result from vitamin K deficiency)

cytopenia (a deficiency of some cellular element of the blood)

histiocytosis (a blood disease characterized by an abnormal multiplication of macrophages)

haemoglobinopathy; hemoglobinopathy (a blood disease characterized by the presence of abnormal hemoglobins in the blood)

erythroblastosis (a blood disease characterized by the abnormal presence of erythroblasts in the blood)

blood poisoning; septicaemia; septicemia (invasion of the bloodstream by virulent microorganisms from a focus of infection)

afibrinogenemia (the absence of fibrinogen in the plasma leading to prolonged bleeding)

bleeder's disease; haemophilia; hemophilia (congenital tendency to uncontrolled bleeding; usually affects males and is transmitted from mother to son)

parasitaemia; parasitemia (a condition in which parasites are present in the blood)

Banti's disease; Banti's syndrome (a disease characterized by congestion and enlargement of the spleen; accompanied by anemia or cirrhosis)

analbuminemia (an abnormally low level of albumin in the blood serum)

agranulocytosis; agranulosis; granulocytopenia (an acute blood disorder (often caused by radiation or drug therapy) characterized by severe reduction in granulocytes)

acanthocytosis (the presence of acanthocytes in the blood stream (as in abetalipoproteinemia))

alkalemia (a blood disorder characterized by a lower concentration of hydrogen ions in the blood (which rises above 7.45 on the pH scale))

acidemia (a blood disorder characterized by an increased concentration of hydrogen ions in the blood (which falls below 7 on the pH scale))

 Context examples 

Sickle cell disease is an inherited blood disorder.

(Stem cell transplant reverses sickle cell disease in adults, NIH)

A blood disorder characterized by low hemoglobin levels in premature neonates that usually spontaneously resolves within 3-6 months post birth.

(Anemia of Prematurity, NCI Thesaurus)

Aplastic anemia is a rare but serious blood disorder.

(Aplastic Anemia, NIH: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)

Elliptocytosis, also known as ovalocytosis, is an inherited blood disorder in which an abnormally large number of the patient's erythrocytes (i.e. red blood cells) are elliptical rather than the typical biconcave disc shape.

(Elliptocytosis, NICHD)