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Definition of Sedimentation rate
1. Noun. The rate at which red blood cells settle out in a tube of blood under standardized conditions; a high rate usually indicates the presence of inflammation.
Medical Definition of Sedimentation rate
1. A sedimentation rate, or sed rate , is a blood test that detects and monitors inflammation activity. It is measured by recording the rate at which red blood cells (rbcs) sediment in a tube over time. It increases (the rbcs sediment faster) with more inflammation. (12 Dec 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sedimentation Rate
Literary usage of Sedimentation rate
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Practice of Medicine by Frederick Tice (1922)
"The sedimentation rate of Corpuscles.—That variations take place in the rate at
... Since that time the relation of the blood sedimentation rate to many ..."
2. Idaho Forestry Best Management Practices: Compilation of Research on Their by Kathleen A. Seyedbagheri (1998)
"The average road sedimentation rate for 1.35 years before logging was 56.2 tons
per square mile per day. The average road sedimentation rate for 4.8 years ..."
3. International Medical and Surgical Surveyby American Institute of Medicine by American Institute of Medicine (1922)
"The highest relative viscosity invariably accompanied the greatest acceleration
in sedimentation rate. These results were to be expected in disease. ..."
4. Handbook of Severe Disability: A Text for Rehabilitation Counselors, Other edited by Walter C. Stolov, Michael R. Clowers (2000)
"The erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) is a very useful measure regularly ...
The sedimentation rate is expressed in millimeters of plasma remaining (ie ..."
5. Fluid Flow Through Faults and Fractures in Argillaceous Formations by Nuclear Energy Agency (1998)
"Therefore thick impervious clay sequences and large sedimentation rate appears
as favorable conditions for overpressure generation. ..."
6. The Oxford Medicine by Henry Asbury Christian, James Mackenzie (1920)
"Thus, a normal sedimentation rate in a patient with a positive ... As a primary
infection is focalized, the sedimentation rate approaches normal. ..."
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