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Definition of Crenation
1. Noun. One of a series of rounded projections (or the notches between them) formed by curves along an edge (as the edge of a leaf or piece of cloth or the margin of a shell or a shriveled red blood cell observed in a hypertonic solution etc.).
Generic synonyms: Curve, Curved Shape
Derivative terms: Scallop, Scallop
Definition of Crenation
1. n. A rounded tooth on the edge of a leaf.
Definition of Crenation
1. Noun. The contraction of, or formation of abnormal notchings around, the edges of a cell after exposure to a hypertonic solution, due to the loss of water through osmosis, especially noticeable in red blood cells. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Crenation
1. [n -S]
Medical Definition of Crenation
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Crenation
Literary usage of Crenation
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Guide to the clinical examination of the blood for diagnostic purposes by Richard Clarke Cabot (1901)
"What we know as crenation in the corpuscles is probably the same sort of process
which, occurring within the vessels, we call poikilocytosis. ..."
2. Experimental Pharmacology by Hugh McGuigan (1919)
"Crenation.—This is the opposite of laking. Add 5 per cent. of NaCl to the blood
and examine under the microscope. Experiment VI. ..."
3. Outlines of Practical Histology by William Rutherford (1876)
"Crenation of the Corpuscles.—Allow a drop of the same blood to remain exposed to
the air for twenty seconds or so before applying the cover-glass in order ..."
4. Clinical Hematology: A Practical Guide to the Examination of the Blood with by John C. DaCosta (1901)
"But it is unlike crenation for the reason that poikilocytosis is a pathological
condition, and demonstrable the moment the blood is withdrawn from the body ..."
5. Monographic Medicine by Albion Walter Hewlett, Henry Leopold Elsner (1916)
"To avoid evaporation and crenation, when it is desired to keep a fresh specimen for
... One must take care not to mistake crenation, and other artefacts, ..."
6. A Laboratory Guide for Histology: Laboratory Outlines for the Study of by Irving Hardesty, Adelebert Watts Lee (1908)
"What is the cause of the crenation ? The crenation illustrates a ... In a corpuscle
which has not undergone crenation, note the enlargement of the central ..."
7. A Text-book of clinical diagnosis by laboratory methods: For the Use of by Leonard Napoleon Boston (1905)
"Crenation is produced by a portion of the cell becoming looped and one or more
points projecting from it (serrated margin). ..."
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