The sedimentation rate -- or âsed rate,â for short -- is a blood test that checks for inflammation in your body. Itâs one clue for your doctor that you might have a disease linked to inflammation, like arthritis or cancer. The sed rate test measures how fast red blood cells fall to the bottom of a tube. Inflammation creates proteins that make red blood cells fall more quickly. Another name for this test is erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR). Red blood cells are called erythrocytes.
Status symbol is also a sociological term â as part of social and sociological symbolic interactionism â relating to how individuals and groups interact and interpret various cultural symbols.
easier to explain by using the concepts of status, power and class situation. In this respect, Weber argues that an important dimension of social stratification is the status. group-people who share a similar level of social status and, therefore, a similar status position in. society.