SPH has various meanings in the Medical category. Discover the full forms, definitions, and usage contexts of SPH in Medical.
Common in brain tissue, a sphingolipid in which the terminal hydroxyl group of ceramide has a phosphorylcholine substituent.
MedicalSpherocytosis is an auto-hemolytic anemia characterized by the production of spherocytes or erythrocytes that are sphere-shaped rather than bi-concave disk shaped. Spherocytes are found in all hemolytic anemias to some degree. Hereditary spherocytosis and autoimmune hemolytic anemia are characterized by having only spherocytes.
MedicalSolid that is almost, but not quite, a sphere Its section is an ellipse, and not a great circle.
MedicalAn amino alcohol containing a long, unsaturated hydrocarbon chain that is a component of the phospholipid sphingomyelin as well as glycolipids; serves a role analogous to that of glycerol in phosphoglycerides.
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