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CBC

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Counting the number of white and red blood cells and the number of platelets in 1 cubic millimeter of blood

Synonyms:

blood profile; CBC; complete blood count

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("CBC" is a kind of...):

blood count (the act of estimating the number of red and white corpuscles in a blood sample)

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 Context examples: 

Also called blood cell count, CBC, and full blood count.

(Complete blood count, NCI Dictionary)

Also called CBC with differential.

(Blood cell count with differential, NCI Dictionary)