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A condition in which haemoglobin is found in blood plasma.  

A decrease in the percentage of red blood cells because the volume of plasma has increased.  

Someone who has undergone haemodialysis.  

To remove waste matter from the blood using a dialyser (kidney machine).  

A glass jar in which a sample of blood is diluted and the blood cells counted.  

An embryonic blood cell in the bone marrow from which red and white blood cells and platelets develop.  

An increase in the percentage of red blood cells because the volume of plasma is reduced.  

A salt derived from haemoglobin, used in the treatment of porphyria.  

A parasite living in the blood.  

The presence of blood in the sperm. “Haemospermia” is the medical term used to describe blood in the semen. It is also referred to as “hematospermia.”