shift (redirected from shift red cell)

shift (shift) a change or deviation.

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chloride shift  the exchange of chloride (Cl-) and bicarbonate (HCO3-) between plasma and the erythrocytes occurring whenever HCO3- is generated or decomposed within the erythrocytes.

Doppler shift  the magnitude of frequency change due to the Doppler effect.

shift to the left  an increase in the percentage of neutrophils having only one or a few lobes.

shift to the right  an increase in the percentage of multilobed neutrophils.

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shift (shft)

v.

1. To move or transfer from one place or position to another.

2. To alter position or place.

3. To exchange one thing for another of the same type or class.

n.

1. A change from one person or configuration to another; a substitution.

2. A change in position.

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shift

a change or deviation.

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antigenic shift

see antigenic shift.

chloride shift

see chloride shift.

shift to the left

an alteration in the distribution of leukocytes in the peripheral blood in which there is an increase in the numbers of immature neutrophils, primarily band forms but metamyelocytes or more immature cells may also be present; usually in response to an infection.

Canine blood smear showing a shift to the left with a segmented neutrophil (left) with toxic vacuolation and a metamyelocyte (right) with two Döhle bodies. By permission from Willard MD, Tvedten H, Small Animal Clinical Diagnosis by Laboratory Methods, Saunders, 2003

shift red cell

see macroreticulocyte.

shift to the right

an alteration in the distribution of leukocytes in the peripheral blood in which there is an increased number of mature neutrophils but no immature cells are present.