Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The destruction or dissolution of red blood cells, with subsequent release of hemoglobin.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The process of dissolution of the blood-corpuscles (notably the red cells) by means of specific lysins (hemolysins). Also
hematolysis .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The lysis of erythrocytes with the release of hemoglobin; the breaking apart of red blood cells in the blood.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun medicine The destruction of
red blood cells , and subsequent release ofhemoglobin , at the normal end of the cell's life.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun lysis of erythrocytes with the release of hemoglobin
Etymologies
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Others suffer acute anemic reactions known as hemolysis when they come into contact with triggering substances often found in foods, medicines, and hygiene products.
Randall Amster: The Most Common Disease You've Never Heard Of Randall Amster 2010
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Others suffer acute anemic reactions (known as hemolysis) when they come into contact with triggering substances often found in foods, medicines, and hygiene products.
Randall Amster: The Most Common Disease You've Never Heard Of 2009
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Other symptoms are severe anemia due to hemolysis, which is destruction of the red blood cells, hemoglobinuria, which is hemoglobin in the urine, due to hemolysis, and pulmonary edema, or fluid buildup in the lungs.
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Other symptoms are severe anemia due to hemolysis, which is destruction of the red blood cells, hemoglobinuria, which is hemoglobin in the urine, due to hemolysis, and pulmonary edema, or fluid buildup in the lungs.
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No mention was made of food-related hemolysis triggers, lifestyle therapies, or other sources of useful information.
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A number of common food-borne infectious agents (such as salmonella and E-coli) are also potential hemolysis triggers, as are certain strains of ailments such as streptococcus and influenza, suggesting that better public health and hygiene practices could ameliorate the disorder's effects.
Randall Amster: The Most Common Disease You've Never Heard Of Randall Amster 2010
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Essentially, when triggering substances are eliminated, hemolysis ceases and both acute and long-range implications are abated.
Randall Amster: The Most Common Disease You've Never Heard Of Randall Amster 2010
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Others suffer acute anemic reactions (known as hemolysis) when they come into contact with triggering substances often found in foods, medicines, and hygiene products.
Randall Amster: The Most Common Disease You've Never Heard Of Randall Amster 2010
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Items such as soy -- an immensely widespread additive that often triggers hemolysis in G6PD sufferers -- are hidden in many products and are thus ingested by people despite their best attempts to avoid it, since even when it isn't expressly mentioned on a label it can be part of any of the additives, binders, and preservatives (the same is true for sulfites and other oxidants).
Randall Amster: The Most Common Disease You've Never Heard Of Randall Amster 2010
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That same year, the U.S. Army issued a document from its Medical Command announcing a G6PD deficiency screening program, after determining that certain anti-malarial agents being issued to soldiers could cause "potentially life-threatening hemolysis" in afflicted individuals.
Randall Amster: The Most Common Disease You've Never Heard Of Randall Amster 2010
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