microaggregate

microaggregate

 [mi″kro-ag´rĕ-gat]
a microscopic collection of particles, as of platelets, leukocytes, and fibrin, that occurs in stored blood.
Miller-Keane Encyclopedia and Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing, and Allied Health, Seventh Edition. © 2003 by Saunders, an imprint of Elsevier, Inc. All rights reserved.

microaggregate

A clump of neutrophils, platelets and fibrin, which can cause intravascular sludging and pulmonary insufficiency. Most microaggregates may be removed by 170-µm-diameter micropore filters.
Segen's Medical Dictionary. © 2012 Farlex, Inc. All rights reserved.

mi·cro·ag·gre·gate

(mī'krō-ag'rĕ-gāt)
A small loose mass (20-120 mcm) of fibrin, degenerating platelets, white blood cells, or cellular debris that forms in blood stored in the refrigerator five days or longer. Special filters can be used to separate them during administration of the blood unit.
Medical Dictionary for the Health Professions and Nursing © Farlex 2012
Mentioned in ?
References in periodicals archive ?
Six J, Elliott ET, Paustian K (2000) Soil macroaggregate turnover and microaggregate formation: a mechanism for C sequestration under no-tillage agriculture.
Conservation agriculture effects on soil properties and crop productivity in a semiarid region of India
Microaggregate effect of iron tailings powder plays a role and has little effect on early strength or even a slight improvement.
Experimental Study on the Concrete with Compound Admixture of Iron Tailings and Slag Powder under Low Cement Clinker System
Light-scattering platelet It is a combination of laser light aggregometry [81] scattering and aggregometry to monitor platelet microaggregate formation.
Overview of platelet physiology: its hemostatic and nonhemostatic role in disease pathogenesis
Levy G J, Agassi M, Smith HJC, Stem R (1993) Microaggregate stability of kaolinitic and illitic soils determined by ultrasonic energy.
Aggregate stability of salt-affected kaolinitic soils on the North-east Plateau, Thailand
A possible consequence of earthworms grazing on AMF is that macroaggregate and microaggregate stability in casts is (co)determined by the presence of AMF hyphae and glomalin.
Impact of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and earthworms on soil aggregate stability, glomalin, and performance of pigeonpea, Cajanus cajan
Therefore, the filling effect and the microaggregate effect are the major effects when the fly ash amount increases and the pozzolanic reaction is relatively weak.
Experimental Investigation and Quantitative Calculation of the Degree of Hydration and Products in Fly Ash-Cement Mixtures
Six J, Elliott ET, Paustian K (2000a) Soil macroaggregate turnover and microaggregate formation: A mechanism for C sequestration under no-tillage agriculture.
Soil organic carbon and physical quality as influenced by long-term application of residue and mineral fertilizer in the North China plain
Aggregate formation is seen as a dynamic process of macroaggregate turnover, microaggregate release and occlusion of POM within these structures (Six etal.
Soil organic carbon and nitrogen sequestration and turnover in aggregates under subtropical leucaena-grass pastures
Fly ash blended cement can make an improvement in The pore structure of concrete due its pozzolanic and microaggregate effects [23, 24].
Influence of Curing Time on the Drying Shrinkage of Concretes with Different Binders and Water-to-Binder Ratios
However, there were significantly (P<0.05) higher C and N concentrations under rainforest and pasture in both the macroaggregate (250-2000 [micro]m) and microaggregate (53-250 [micro]m) fractions than at the other sites (Fig.
Carbon storage in a Ferrosol under subtropical rainforest, tree plantations, and pasture is linked to soil aggregation
The microaggregate, silt and clay sized fraction (MSG <0.25 mm) significantly differed (P < 0.05) between UC and cultivated soils.
Quantifying total and labile pools of soil organic carbon in cultivated and uncultivated soils in eastern India
The description of the preceding paragraph is called ball effect or microaggregate effect of fly-ash.
Experimental Research on Foamed Mixture Lightweight Soil Mixed with Fly-Ash and Quicklime as Backfill Material behind Abutments of Expressway Bridge

Medical browser ?
Full browser ?