dictionary help| DIC --> disseminated intravascular coagulation | medical dictionary |
<haematology> Complication of septic shock in which endotoxin (from gram-negative bacteria) induces systemic clotting of the blood, probably indirectly through the effect of endotoxin on neutrophils.
It may also develop in other situations where neutrophils become systemically hyperactivated.
Acronym: DIC
(11 Jan 1998)
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