Clinical Attribute
blood volume
blood vol·ume [ bluhd vol-yoom, -yuhm ]
Subclass of:
Blood Physiological Phenomena;
Hemodynamics
Definitions related to blood volume:
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The total volume of blood in the circulatory system of an individual.NCI ThesaurusU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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Volume of circulating blood, the sum of the plasma volume and erythrocyte volume.CRISP ThesaurusNational Institutes of Health, 2006
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Volume of circulating BLOOD. It is the sum of the PLASMA VOLUME and ERYTHROCYTE VOLUME.NLM Medical Subject HeadingsU.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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