In atypical hemolytic-uremic syndrome, red blood cells can break apart as they squeeze past clots within small blood vessels. Anemia results if these cells are destroyed faster than the body can replace them.
Setting Definition. Setting is an environment or surrounding in which an event or story takes place. It may provide particular information about placement and timing, such as New York, America, in the year 1820. Setting could be simply descriptive like a lonely cottage on a mountain.
v. set, setÂ·ting, sets. v.tr. 1. To put in a specified position or arrangement; place: set a book on a table; set the photo next to the flowers. 2. a. To put into a specified state: set the prisoner at liberty; set the house ablaze; set the machine in motion. b. To cause to begin an action: The noise set the dog to barking. c. To cause or assign (someone) to undertake an action or perform a service: The sergeant set the recruit to sweeping the barracks.