| oncotic pressure |
In blood plasma, the dissolved compounds have an osmotic pressure. A small portion of the total osmotic pressure is due to the presence of large protein molecules; this is known as the colloidal osmotic pressure, or oncotic pressure. Because large plasma proteins can't easily cross through the capillary walls, their effect on the osmotic pressure of the capillary interiors will, to some extent, balance out the tendency for fluid to leak out of the capillaries. ...
Ãâó: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oncotic_pressure
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| oncotic |
the pressure caused by blood pushing against blood vessel walls - can also mean "caused by swelling"
Ãâó: www.chfpatients.com/glossary_2.htm
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| oncotic p. |
the osmotic pressure due to the presence of colloids in a solution; in the case of plasmainterstitial fluid interaction, it is the force that tends to counterbalance the capillary blood pressure.
Ãâó: www.mercksource.com/pp/us/cns/cns_health_library.j...
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