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HAEMATOCRIT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A measuring instrument to determine (usually by centrifugation) the relative amounts of corpuscles and plasma in the blood
Synonyms:
haematocrit; hematocrit
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("haematocrit" is a kind of...):
centrifuge; extractor; separator (an apparatus that uses centrifugal force to separate particles from a suspension)
measuring device; measuring instrument; measuring system (instrument that shows the extent or amount or quantity or degree of something)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The ratio of the volume occupied by packed red blood cells to the volume of the whole blood as measured by a hematocrit
Synonyms:
haematocrit; hematocrit; packed cell volume
Classified under:
Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas
Hypernyms ("haematocrit" is a kind of...):
ratio (the relative magnitudes of two quantities (usually expressed as a quotient))
