blood dyscrasia

/bləd dəˌskreɪʒ(i)ə/

Definitions of blood dyscrasia

1. noun

   any abnormal condition of the blood
   types:

   blood disease, blood disorder

   a disease or disorder of the blood

   cytopenia

   a deficiency of some cellular element of the blood

   acidemia

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

   alkalemia

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

   acanthocytosis

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

   agranulocytosis, agranulosis, granulocytopenia

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

   analbuminemia

   an abnormally low level of albumin in the blood serum

   Banti's disease, Banti's syndrome

   a disease characterized by congestion and enlargement of the spleen; accompanied by anemia or cirrhosis

   parasitaemia, parasitemia

   a condition in which parasites are present in the blood

   bleeder's disease, haemophilia, hemophilia

   congenital tendency to uncontrolled bleeding; usually affects males and is transmitted from mother to son

   afibrinogenemia

   the absence of fibrinogen in the plasma leading to prolonged bleeding

   blood poisoning, septicaemia, septicemia

   invasion of the bloodstream by virulent microorganisms from a focus of infection

   erythroblastosis

   a blood disease characterized by the abnormal presence of erythroblasts in the blood

   haemoglobinopathy, hemoglobinopathy

   a blood disease characterized by the presence of abnormal hemoglobins in the blood

   histiocytosis

   a blood disease characterized by an abnormal multiplication of macrophages

   hydremia

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

   hypervolaemia, hypervolemia

   a blood disorder consisting of an increase in the volume of circulating blood

   hypovolaemia, hypovolemia

   a blood disorder consisting of a decrease in the volume of circulating blood

   anaemia, anemia

   a deficiency of red blood cells

   leucocytosis, leukocytosis

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

   leucopenia, leukopenia

   an abnormal lowering of the white blood cell count

   lymphocytopenia, lymphopenia

   an abnormally small number of lymphocytes in the circulating blood

   lymphocytosis

   an abnormal increase in the number of lymphocytes in the circulating blood

   microcytosis

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

   polycythemia

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

   peliosis, purpura

   any of several blood diseases causing subcutaneous bleeding

   thrombocytopenia, thrombopenia

   a blood disease characterized by an abnormally small number of platelets in the blood

   uratemia

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

   uricaciduria

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

   type of:

   dyscrasia

   an abnormal or physiologically unbalanced state of the body