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