haematocrit

Definition of Haematocrit in English :

the ratio of the volume occupied by packed red blood cells to the volume of the whole blood as measured by a hematocrit

2. haematocrit, hematocrit

a measuring instrument to determine (usually by centrifugation) the relative amounts of corpuscles and plasma in the blood

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Haematocrit

noun

a centrifuge for separating blood cells from plasma

2. Also called: packed cell volume

the ratio of the volume occupied by these cells, esp the red cells, to the total volume of blood, expressed as a percentage

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