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• Creatinine — Not to be confused with creatine. Creatinine …   Wikipedia

• Creatinine clearance test — A test that helps determine whether the kidneys are functioning normally. Specifically, the creatinine clearance test gauges the rate at which a waste, creatinine, is cleared from the blood by the kidneys. Creatinine is produced from the… …   Medical dictionary

• Blood plasma — is the straw colored liquid component of blood in which the blood cells in whole blood are normally suspended. It makes up about 55% of the total blood volume. It is the intravascular fluid part of extracellular fluid (all body fluid outside of… …   Wikipedia

• creatinine — [krē at′ə nēn΄, krē at′ənin] n. [Ger kreatinin < kreatin (see CREATINE) + INE3] the anhydride of creatine, C4H7N3O, found in blood, muscle, and esp. urine, where measurement of its excretion is used to evaluate kidney function …   English World dictionary

• Creatinine — A chemical waste molecule that is generated from muscle metabolism. Creatinine is produced from creatine, a molecule of major importance for energy production in muscles. Approximately 2% of the body s creatine is converted to creatinine every… …   Medical dictionary

• Blood urea nitrogen — The blood urea nitrogen (BUN) test is a measure of the amount of nitrogen in the blood in the form of urea, and a measurement of renal function. Urea is a substance secreted by the liver, and removed from the blood by the kidneys.PhysiologyThe… …   Wikipedia

• creatinine clearance — ▪ clinical measurement       clinical measurement used to estimate renal (kidney function test) function, specifically the filtration rate of the glomeruli (clusters of blood vessels that are the primary filtering structures of the kidney).… …   Universalium

• blood — bloodlike, adj. /blud/, n. 1. the fluid that circulates in the principal vascular system of human beings and other vertebrates, in humans consisting of plasma in which the red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets are suspended. 2. the… …   Universalium

• Blood test — A blood test is a laboratory analysis performed on a blood sample that is usually extracted from a vein in the arm using a needle, or via fingerprick. Blood tests are used to determine physiological and biochemical states such as disease, mineral …   Wikipedia

• creatinine —    It is the waste product of creatine, an enzyme found in large amounts throughout the tissues, and mainly excreted in the urine. The parent compound creatine enables the body to use the blue flame of anaerobic combustion (as opposed to the… …   Herbal-medical glossary

• creatinine — noun Etymology: German Kreatinin, from Kreatin creatine Date: 1851 a white crystalline strongly basic compound C4H7N3O formed from creatine and found especially in muscle, blood, and urine …   New Collegiate Dictionary