haematocrit
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1. a measuring instrument to determine (usually by centrifugation) the relative amounts of corpuscles and plasma in the blood (noun.artifact)
hypernym | : | centrifuge, extractor, separator, |
definition | : | an apparatus that uses centrifugal force to separate particles from a suspension (noun.artifact) |
hypernym | : | measuring device, measuring instrument, measuring system, |
definition | : | instrument that shows the extent or amount or quantity or degree of something (noun.artifact) |
2. the ratio of the volume occupied by packed red blood cells to the volume of the whole blood as measured by a hematocrit (noun.linkdef)
hypernym | : | ratio, |
definition | : | the relative magnitudes of two quantities (usually expressed as a quotient) (noun.linkdef) |
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