fragility /fra·gil·i·ty/ (frah-jil´it-e) susceptibility, or lack of resistance, to influences capable of causing disruption of continuity or integrity.
fragility of blood erythrocyte f.
capillary fragility abnormal susceptibility of capillary walls to rupture.
erythrocyte fragility susceptibility of erythrocytes to hemolysis under certain conditions.
mechanical fragility susceptibility of certain erythrocytes to hemolysis under mechanical stress.
osmotic fragility susceptibility of certain erythrocytes to hemolysis in increasingly hypotonic saline solutions.
fra·gil·i·ty (fr -j l -t )n. The quality or state of being easily broken or destroyed. |
fragility
susceptibility, or lack of resistance, to influences capable of causing disruption of continuity or integrity.
fragility of blood
see erythrocyte fragility (below).
capillary fragility
abnormal susceptibility of capillary walls to rupture.
erythrocyte fragility
susceptibility of erythrocytes to hemolysis when subjected to mechanical trauma (mechanical fragility) or when exposed to increasingly hypotonic saline solutions (osmotic fragility). A test of erythrocyte osmotic fragility is used in diagnosing hemolytic anemia. Called also fragility of blood.
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