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Erythrocyte sedimentation rateESR

HematologyImmunologyPathologyImportant

A blood test measuring how quickly red cells settle in a tube, a nonspecific marker of inflammation in the body.

Korean

적혈구침강속도

적혈구가 시험관에서 가라앉는 속도를 측정하는 검사로, 체내 염증을 나타내는 비특이적 지표.

French

Vitesse de sédimentation

Analyse mesurant la vitesse à laquelle les globules rouges se déposent dans un tube, un marqueur non spécifique d'inflammation dans l'organisme.

Word parts

  • erythro-Prefix(Greek) Red
  • cyt/oRoot(Greek) Cell

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