Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- abbreviation electron spin resonance
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- initialism
electron spin resonance - initialism hematology
erythrocyte sedimentation rate
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- noun microwave spectroscopy in which there is resonant absorption of radiation by a paramagnet
- 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
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Examples
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ESR, for those who don't immediately recognize what he was riffing off.
mrissa: PSA: my mom and scheduling mrissa 2010
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Application of electron spin resonance (ESR) dating of tooth enamel constrains the ages well where uranium uptake was minor.
Archive 2009-02-01 2009
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This is less attractive to developers not working on the Microsoft stack today as it's too proprietary-feeling to those who are used to working in a more – coming back to ESR – "bazaar" environment.
iOS, Android, Windows Phone, Windows 8? A coder's guide 2011
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Both CRP and ESR levels are used to monitor disease activity and to monitor how well someone is responding to treatment.
Dr. Andrew Lange: What to Do if You Have Arthritis, Part One Dr. Andrew Lange 2010
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• Sedimentation Rate (sed. rate or ESR): The erythrocyte sedimentation rate is an indication of the degree of inflammation in the body.
Dr. Andrew Lange: What to Do if You Have Arthritis, Part One Dr. Andrew Lange 2010
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Where uranium uptake into teeth was significant, an approach combining ESR and 230Th/234U isotopic analysis also yields excellent ages.
Archive 2009-02-01 2009
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Windows Azure really is the "cathedral running in the cloud", to continue ESR's analogy.
iOS, Android, Windows Phone, Windows 8? A coder's guide 2011
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Back in 1999 I went to see Eric S Raymond ESR to his friends at a Linux user group meeting in Phoenix.
iOS, Android, Windows Phone, Windows 8? A coder's guide 2011
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In lupus and polymyalgia rheumatica, the ESR often correlates with disease activity.
Dr. Andrew Lange: What to Do if You Have Arthritis, Part One Dr. Andrew Lange 2010
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One of the specific things I hated most about America's anaphylactic reaction to 9/11 was that ESR turned from the cool guy who wrote The Cathedral and the Bazaar into a flaming lunatic with loathsome and idiotic ideas.
Making Light: Beating airport chemical detection systems 2010
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