Blood Circulation Time (definition)

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Definition: Determination of the shortest time interval between the injection of a substance in the vein and its arrival at some distant site in sufficient concentration to produce a recognizable end result. It represents approximately the inverse of the average velocity of blood flow between two points.

NIM; /drug eff /rad eff permitted; coord with disease /physiopathol, not /blood; DF: BLOOD CIRC TIME

Other names Times, Blood Circulation; Circulation Times, Blood; Blood Circulation Times; Time, Blood Circulation; Circulation Time, Blood

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Sources: NLM Medical Subject Headings, NIH UMLS, Drugs@FDA, FDA AERS original data copyright United States Government. No endorsement implied. Last modified 6/6/2012
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