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WHITE-BLOOD-COUNT

check date: 29/08/2001
checker: Pamela
subject field: medicine: diagnostic procedure
origination date: 13/12/2000
originator: CATI
URL: http://www.cincinnatichildrens.org/family/pep/homecare/4045/

originator: Arianne
origination date: 05/11/2001

Conceptual Structures
ISABLOOD-TEST
ANCESTORSALL
BLOOD-TEST
DIAGNOSTIC-PROCEDURE
EVENT
HEALTH-SERVE
MEDICAL-SERVE
NONINVASIVE-DIAGNOSTIC-TEST
PROFESSIONAL-SERVICE-EVENT
SERVICE-EVENT
SOCIAL-EVENT
WORK-ACTIVITY
RELATIONSAFFECTS-BODY-PART : BLOOD
COUNTER-RELATION : LEUKOCYTE

English
white blood count term type: main entry term
part of speech: noun
number: singular
reliability code: 10
definition: diagnostic procedure in which the number of white blood cells in a sample of blood are counted. A low level of white blood cells means that a person is susceptible to infections. In cancer patients, an insufficient number of white blood cells means that chemotherapy must be postponed until the number is higher. (en)
check date: 12/08/2001
checker: Pamela
WBCdefinition: see white blood count. (en)
term type: acronym
part of speech: noun
number: singular
reliability code: 10
originator: Claudia
origination date: 13/12/2000

Spanish
recuento de leucocitosterm type: main entry term
part of speech: noun
gender: masculine
number: singular
reliability code: 10
definition: procedimiento diagnóstico para él que se cuenta el número de las células blancas en una muestra de sangre. Un número insuficiente de leucocitos en la sangre de un enfermo de cáncer significa que la quimioterapia tiene que ser retrasada hasta conseguir un aumento del número de leucocitos. (es)