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PLASMA SANGUINEO [3 records]

Record 1 2013-07-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Molecular Biology
DEF

A fatty alcohol found in ... animal fats, tissues, and fluids ...

OBS

Most [cholesterol] is synthesized by the liver and other tissues, but some is absorbed from dietary sources, with each kind transported in plasma by specific lipoproteins.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Biologie moléculaire
DEF

Substance grasse (stérol) qui se trouve dans [...] des tissus et liquides de l'organisme [...], provenant des aliments et synthétisée par l'organisme [...]

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Biología molecular
DEF

Lípido o grasa que se encuentra en el plasma sanguíneo.

OBS

Es sintetizado a partir del acetato, participa en la estructura de ciertas lipoproteínas e interviene en el metabolismo de pared arterial y en la génesis de la arterioesclerosis.

OBS

El colesterol es uno solo, que posee dos tipos diferentes de transporte: HDL (lipoproteína de alta densidad) o colesterol bueno [y] LDL (lipoproteína de baja densidad) o colesterol malo.

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Record 2 2011-08-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Medical Instruments and Devices
  • Blood
DEF

An instrument for determining the relative amounts of plasma and corpuscules in blood usually by means of centrifugation.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments et appareillages médicaux
  • Sang
DEF

Tube de verre dans lequel on sépare, par centrifugation, la masse des globules rouges de celle du plasma afin de mesurer leur volume.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Instrumental médico
  • Sangre
DEF

Aparato centrifugador que permite la separación de los glóbulos y plasma sanguíneo. La cantidad y proporción relativa de ambos constituye el índice o valor hematocrito que, normalmente, es de 45% de glóbulos.

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Record 3 2005-03-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Blood
DEF

The fluid portion of the blood in which the particulate components are suspended.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sang
DEF

Partie liquide du sang dans laquelle se trouvent en suspension les éléments figurés (globules rouges, globules blancs, plaquettes) et le fibrinogène.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Sangre
DEF

Fluido sanguíneo incoloro constituido mayormente por agua en el que flotan las células sanguíneas.

OBS

Contiene anticuerpos, nutrientes, sustancias de deshecho y factores coagulantes.

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