fragility

fragility
Brittleness; liability to break, burst, or disintegrate. SYN: fragilitas. [L. fragilitas]
- f. of the blood SYN: osmotic f..
- capillary f. the susceptibility of capillaries to breakage and extravasation of red cells under conditions of increased stress.
- osmotic f. the susceptibility of erythrocytes to hemolyze when exposed to increasingly hypotonic saline solutions. SYN: fragilitas sanguinis, f. of the blood.

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fra·gil·i·ty frə-'jil-ət-ē n, pl -ties the quality or state of being easily broken or destroyed <increased red blood cell \fragility (Sue R. Williams)>
frag·ile 'fraj-əl, -.īl adj

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fra·gil·i·ty (frə-jilґĭ-te) susceptibility, or lack of resistance, to factors capable of causing disruption of continuity or integrity.

Medical dictionary. 2011.

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