SED RATE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sed rate mean? 

• SED RATE (noun)
  The noun SED 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: SED RATE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SED 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 ("sed rate" is a kind of...):

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