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(eh-RITH-roh-site SEH-dih-men-TAY-shun ...)
| | The distance red blood cells travel in one hour in a sample of blood as they settle to the bottom of a test tube. The sedimentation rate is increased in inflammation, infection, cancer, rheumatic diseases, and diseases of the blood and bone marrow. Also called ESR and sedimentation rate. |
| Previous Definitions: | erlotinib hydrochloride, ERT, ERUS, erythema, erythrocyte | | Next Definitions: | erythrodysplasia, erythroid dysplasia, erythroleukemia, erythroleukoplakia, erythroplakia |
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