osmotic fragility

Preferred Label : osmotic fragility;

MeSH definition : RED BLOOD CELL sensitivity to change in OSMOTIC PRESSURE. When exposed to a hypotonic concentration of sodium in a solution, red cells take in more water, swell until the capacity of the cell membrane is exceeded, and burst.;

MeSH synonym : fragility, osmotic;

MeSH hyponym : saline fragility; Fragility, Saline;

MeSH annotation : do not coord with ERYTHROCYTES since this is defined in terms of erythrocytes; NIM;

Details

Origin ID

D009996;

UMLS CUI

C0029392;

Allowable qualifiers
- drug effects [MeSH Qualifier]
- ethics [MeSH Qualifier]
- genetics [MeSH Qualifier]
- immunology [MeSH Qualifier]
- physiology [MeSH Qualifier]
- radiation effects [MeSH Qualifier]
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Erythrocyte osmotic fragility (observable entity) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Osmotic fragility [LOINC component]
- Osmotic fragility [NABM code]
- Osmotic fragility (procedure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Osmotic fragility, immediate (procedure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- osmotic fragility [SNOMED Notion]
- osmotic fragility, immediate [SNOMED Notion]
- osmotic fragility, nos [SNOMED Notion]
Record concept(s)
- osmotic fragility [MeSH concept]
- saline fragility [MeSH concept]
Related MeSH Supplementary Concept(s)
- stomatocytosis II [MeSH Supplementary Concept]
See also
- cell membrane [MeSH Descriptor]
- hemolysis [MeSH Descriptor]
Semantic type(s)
- Laboratory Procedure [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Erythrocyte osmotic fragility test [MedDRA Preferred Term]
- Osmotic fragility [LOINC component]
- Osmotic fragility (procedure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- osmotic fragility, nos [SNOMED Notion]

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