Crenation vs. Hemolysis

Crenationnoun

(biology) The contraction of, or formation of abnormal notchings around, the edges of a cell after exposure to a hypertonic solution, due to the loss of water through osmosis, especially noticeable in red blood cells.

Crenationnoun

(botany) A rounded tooth on the edge of a leaf.

Crenationnoun

The condition of being crenate.

Crenationnoun

A rounded tooth on the edge of a leaf.

Crenationnoun

The condition of being crenate.

Crenationnoun

one of a series of rounded projections (or the notches between them) formed by curves along an edge (as the edge of a leaf or piece of cloth or the margin of a shell or a shriveled red blood cell observed in a hypertonic solution etc.)

Crenation

Crenation (from modern Latin crenatus meaning , from popular Latin crena meaning ) in botany and zoology, describes an object's shape, especially a leaf or shell, as being round-toothed or having a scalloped edge.The descriptor can apply to objects of different types, including cells, where one mechanism of crenation is the contraction of a cell after exposure to a hypertonic solution, due to the loss of water through osmosis. In a hypertonic environment, the cell has a lower concentration of solutes than the surrounding extracellular fluid, and water diffuses out of the cell by osmosis, causing the cytoplasm to decrease in volume.

Hemolysisnoun

(medicine) The destruction of red blood cells, and subsequent release of hemoglobin, at the normal end of the cell's life.

Hemolysisnoun

The lysis of erythrocytes with the release of hemoglobin; the breaking apart of red blood cells in the blood.

Hemolysisnoun

lysis of erythrocytes with the release of hemoglobin

Hemolysis

Hemolysis or haemolysis (), also known by several other names, is the rupturing (lysis) of red blood cells (erythrocytes) and the release of their contents (cytoplasm) into surrounding fluid (e.g. blood plasma).