HEMATOCRIT

hematocrit, haematocrit

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

hematocrit, haematocrit, packed cell volume

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

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

hematocrit (plural hematocrits) (Abbreviated as: Ht or HCT)

(medicine) The percentage (by volume) of packed red blood cells in a centrifuged sample of blood

(medicine) A centrifuge used to analyze the relative amount of red blood cells and plasma in blood

Anagrams

• chromatite

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