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haematocrit
| haematocytopenia
| haematocyturia
| haematogenesis
| haematogenic
| haematohiston
haematocrit
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun haematocrit has 2 senses
- haematocrit(n = noun.linkdef) hematocrit, packed cell volume - the ratio of the volume occupied by packed red blood cells to the volume of the whole blood as measured by a hematocrit; Array is a kind of ratio
- haematocrit(n = noun.artifact) hematocrit - a measuring instrument to determine (usually by centrifugation) the relative amounts of corpuscles and plasma in the blood; Array is a kind of centrifuge, extractor, separator, measuring device, measuring instrument, measuring system
OXFORD DICTIONARY
haematocrit, n. (US hematocrit) Physiol.
1 the ratio of the volume of red blood cells to the total volume of blood.
2 an instrument for measuring this.
1 the ratio of the volume of red blood cells to the total volume of blood.
2 an instrument for measuring this.
Etymology
HAEMATO- + Gk krites judge
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