Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Destructive of the blood, especially of the blood-corpuscles.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective of or pertaining to hemolysis; causing hemolysis.
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- adjective Producing
hemolysis ; destroyingred blood cells .
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- adjective relating to or involving or causing hemolysis
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Examples
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Young children and the elderly are at highest risk for a potentially life-threatening complication known as hemolytic uremic syndrome HUS, which includes kidney failure.
William Marler: What's Up With Nuts? William Marler 2011
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More Infections Often Tied to Food According to WHO, of more than 1,600 people sickened by this E. coli strain, 499 developed a rare and potentially fatal kidney-failure complication known as hemolytic uremic syndrome—a complication that can shut down the kidneys and normally occurs in only a small percentage of people sickened during an E. coli outbreak.
Rare Germ Drives Outbreak Timothy W. Martin 2011
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Young children and the elderly are at highest risk for a potentially life-threatening complication known as hemolytic uremic syndrome HUS, which includes kidney failure.
William Marler: What's Up With Nuts? William Marler 2011
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While most healthy adults typically recover within a week, certain people--particularly young childrenand the elderly--can develop a complication called hemolytic uremic syndrome HUS that can lead toserious kidney damage and even death.
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While most healthy adults typically recover within a week, certain people -- particularly young childrenand the elderly -- can develop a complication called hemolytic uremic syndrome HUS that can lead toserious kidney damage and even death.
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Of those, 35 people had been hospitalized, including 11 with a serious complication called hemolytic uremic syndrome.
Nestlé gets nod to start making new batches of Toll House cookies 2009
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Of those, 35 people had been hospitalized, including 11 with a serious complication called hemolytic uremic syndrome.
Nestlé gets nod to start making new batches of Toll House cookies 2009
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In some persons, particularly children under 5 years of age and the elderly, the infection can also cause a complication called hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS), in which the red blood cells are destroyed and the kidneys fail.
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In some people, E. coli O157: H7 infection can cause a complication called hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS), a life-threatening condition that is usually treated in an intensive care unit.
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Most patients recover after a week or so, but 2 to 7 percent suffer a complication called hemolytic uremic syndrome, or HUS, a destruction of red blood cells that can lead to kidney failure, seizures and death.
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"He started by preparing medium using beef peptone broth with blood added, and then growing cultures of the pathogens they had isolated from cases—B. influenzae, Types 1 and II of the pneumococcus, and hemolytic streptococcus."
—John M. Barry, The Great Influenza (NY: Penguin Books, 2004), 285
February 17, 2009