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dragon's blood

(Encyclopedia)dragon's blood, name for a red resin obtained from a number of different plants. It was held by early Greeks, Romans, and Arabs to have medicinal properties; Dioscorides and other early writers descri...

Blood Blackfoot

(Encyclopedia)Blood Blackfoot: see Blackfoot.

blood feud

(Encyclopedia)blood feud: see vendetta.

blood poisoning

(Encyclopedia)blood poisoning: see septicemia. ...

red blood cell

(Encyclopedia)red blood cell: see blood.

white blood cell

(Encyclopedia)white blood cell: see blood.

high blood pressure

(Encyclopedia)high blood pressure: see hypertension. ...

Rh factor

(Encyclopedia)Rh factor, protein substance present in the red blood cells of most people, capable of inducing intense antigenic reactions. The Rh, or rhesus, factor was discovered in 1940 by K. Landsteiner and A. S...

apheresis

(Encyclopedia)apheresis hēˌməfĕrˈəsĭs [key], any procedure in which blood is drawn from a donor or patient and a component (platelets, plasma, or white blood cells) is separated out, the remaining blood comp...

blue baby

(Encyclopedia)blue baby, infant born with a congenital heart defect that causes a bluish coloration of the skin as a result of cyanosis (deoxygenated blood). The color is most noticeable around the lips and at the ...