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hematocrit definition

hemato·crit (hem′ə tō krit′, hē′mə-; hi mat′ə-)

noun

  1. a small centrifuge or its calibrated tube used to determine the relative volumes of blood cells and fluid in blood
  2. the proportion of red blood cells to a volume of blood measured by a hematocrit
    also hematocrit reading

Etymology: < hemato- + Gr kritēs, a judge < krinein, to separate: see harvest

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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