Medical Definition of Microangiopathic haemolytic anaemia
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Consequence of disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC): fragments of red blood cells, damaged by being forced through a fibrin meshwork, are found in the circulation.
Origin: Gr. Haima = blood
This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology
(11 Mar 2008)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Microangiopathic Haemolytic Anaemia
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