esr

1. 1.

   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

   Synonymserythrocyte sedimentation ratesedimentation ratesed rate

   Broaderrate
2. 2.

   microwave spectroscopy in which there is resonant absorption of radiation by a paramagnet

   Synonymselectron spin resonanceelectron paramagnetic resonance

   Broadermicrowave spectroscopy

Other forms of esr

plural

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Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about esr

What does esr mean?

esr means "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". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in esr?

esr has 1 syllable: esr.

What is another word for esr?

Close synonyms include erythrocyte sedimentation rate, sedimentation rate, sed rate, electron spin resonance, electron paramagnetic resonance. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is esr a common word?

esr is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.