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Circulatory and Respiratory Physiological Phenomena > Blood Physiological Phenomena > Hemorheology > Erythrocyte Deformability
Circulatory and Respiratory Physiological Phenomena > Cardiovascular Physiological Phenomena > Hemodynamics > Hemorheology > Erythrocyte Deformability
Investigative Techniques > Rheology > Hemorheology > Erythrocyte Deformability
Natural Science Disciplines > Physics > Rheology > Hemorheology > Erythrocyte Deformability

Preferred term

Erythrocyte Deformability  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Erythrocyte Filterability
  • Filterability, Erythrocyte

Note

  • note category: do not confuse with ERYTHROCYTES, ABNORMAL: deformability is a normal desirable characteristic of erythrocytes; coord with disease /blood, not /physiopathol

Scope note

  • Ability of ERYTHROCYTES to change shape as they pass through narrow spaces, such as the microvasculature.

History note

  • 85

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D004907

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