Associations to the word «Esr»

Dictionary definition

ESR, noun. The rate at which red blood cells settle out in a tube of blood under standardized conditions; a high rate usually indicates the presence of inflammation.
ESR, noun. Microwave spectroscopy in which there is resonant absorption of radiation by a paramagnet.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope