PACKED CELL VOLUME

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 I. (noun) 

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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

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Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas

Hypernyms ("packed cell volume" is a kind of...):

ratio (the relative magnitudes of two quantities (usually expressed as a quotient))

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