Skip to main content

Medical Subject Headings

Search from vocabulary

Content language

Concept information

Circulatory and Respiratory Physiological Phenomena > Blood Physiological Phenomena > Blood Volume > Erythrocyte Volume
Circulatory and Respiratory Physiological Phenomena > Cardiovascular Physiological Phenomena > Hemodynamics > Blood Volume > Erythrocyte Volume

Preferred term

Erythrocyte Volume  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Related concepts

Entry terms

  • Masses, Red Cell
  • Mass, Red Cell
  • Red Cell Mass
  • Red Cell Masses

Note

  • restrict to total amount of circulating erythrocytes: do not use for size of individual erythrocytes (use ERYTHROCYTES / cytol + CELL SIZE); ERYTHROCYTE VOLUME, PACKED & ERYTHROCYTE INDICES are also available; coordinate with disease /physiopathol, not / blood

Scope note

  • Volume of circulating ERYTHROCYTES . It is usually measured by RADIOISOTOPE DILUTION TECHNIQUE.

History note

  • 78

In other languages

URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D004911

Download this concept:

RDF/XML TURTLE JSON-LD Created 4/27/77, last modified 6/25/15