hemoconcentration

noun

An increase in the amount of large molecules and other solid elements in the blood, as a result of a change in water balance

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Meanings

nounhemoconcentration (countable and uncountable, plural hemoconcentrations)

plural hemoconcentrations

  1. countableuncountablemedicineAn increase in the amount of large molecules and other solid elements in the blood, as a result of a change in water balance

    We thus cannot exclude that the increase of follistatin immediately after the race at least in part was due to hemoconcentration.

    2015 July 6, “Changes in Serum Levels of Myokines and Wnt-Antagonists after an Ultramarathon Race”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin

From hemo- + concentration.

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Translations

Italian emoconcentrazione
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APA

hemoconcentration. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hemoconcentration

MLA

“hemoconcentration.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hemoconcentration. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hemoconcentration,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hemoconcentration.

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