What is Hemophages?
What is Hemophages?
(hē′mō-fāj) [″ + phagein, to eat] A cell that destroys red blood cells by phagocytosis.
What is the meaning of Icteric?
jaundice
Medical Definition of icteric : of, relating to, or affected with jaundice.
What does the word crenate mean?
Definition of crenate : having the margin or surface cut into rounded scallops a crenate leaf.
Is Crenated a word?
cre·na·tion A rounded projection, as on the margin of a shell.
What are Hemophages in ultraviolet?
Violet is a hemophage, a person infected with a virus that produces symptoms similar to traditional vampirism. The infection confers superhuman senses, strength and agility, but is ultimately fatal.
What is kernicterus disease?
Kernicterus is a type of brain damage that can result from high levels of bilirubin in a baby’s blood. It can cause athetoid cerebral palsy and hearing loss. Kernicterus also causes problems with vision and teeth and sometimes can cause intellectual disabilities.
Why is jaundice called icterus?
Jaundice comes from the French jaune, meaning yellow, jaunisse meaning “yellow disease”. The medical term for it is icterus from the Greek word ikteros.
What is lysis and crenation?
Crenation – cell shrinks by osmosis because H2O leaves cell. solution is HYPERtonic (hyper – means excess, hypo – means insuffient. Crenation (opposite of Lysis -cell swells/destroyed/hypotonic)
What is the most abundant blood cell in a blood smear?
Red Blood Cells (also called erythrocytes or RBCs) Known for their bright red color, red cells are the most abundant cell in the blood, accounting for about 40 to 45 percent of its volume.
What is flaccid biology?
(in botany) Describing plant tissue that has become soft and less rigid than normal because the cytoplasm within its cells has shrunk and contracted away from the cell walls through loss of water (see plasmolysis). From: flaccid in A Dictionary of Biology »
Who played 6 in ultraviolet?
Cameron Bright
Ultraviolet is a 2006 American dystopian science fiction action film written and directed by Kurt Wimmer and produced by Screen Gems. The film stars Milla Jovovich as Violet Song, Cameron Bright as Six, and Nick Chinlund as Ferdinand Daxus.