Associations to the word «Hematocrit»

Wiktionary

HEMATOCRIT, noun. (medicine) The percentage (by volume) of packed red blood cells in a centrifuged sample of blood
HEMATOCRIT, noun. (medicine) A centrifuge used to analyze the relative amount of red blood cells and plasma in blood

Dictionary definition

HEMATOCRIT, noun. The ratio of the volume occupied by packed red blood cells to the volume of the whole blood as measured by a hematocrit.
HEMATOCRIT, noun. A measuring instrument to determine (usually by centrifugation) the relative amounts of corpuscles and plasma in the blood.

Wise words

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