by Joe Chaffin | Mar 12, 2016
Glossary Haplotype A term used in genetics to loosely mean “half of a genotype.” A haplotype is a combination of genes inherited as a group from one parent. It can technically refer to all of the genes from that parent, or to just a specific group of genes...
by Joe Chaffin | Mar 12, 2016
Glossary Hemagglutination The process in which red blood cells suspended in a solution are reduced to a solid pellet by a red cell antibody. This term is synonymous to the shorter “agglutination.” Hemagglutination is the core reaction in blood banking...
by Joe Chaffin | Feb 3, 2017
Glossary Hematuria Why on earth would this word be included in a blood bank glossary? Simply because I don’t want it to confuse you! According to the American Urological Association, hematuria is simply “defined as the presence of red blood cells in the...
by Joe Chaffin | Mar 12, 2016
Glossary Hematopoietic Stem Cell Abbreviated “HSC” and often somewhat inaccurately used interchangeably with hematopoietic progenitor cell (HPC), this term describes very early cells present normally in small quantities in the bone marrow and even smaller...
by Joe Chaffin | Mar 12, 2016
Glossary Hemolysis A general term for the destruction of red blood cells (RBCs). Hemolysis can occur for many reasons, including incompatible antibodies (as in hemolytic transfusion reactions and autoimmune hemolytic anemias), mechanical reasons (damaged heart valves...
