hematocrit
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English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From hemato- (“blood”) + Ancient Greek κριτής (kritḗs, “judge, umpire”), literally “to separate blood”, coined by Swedish physiologist Magnus Blix in 1891.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
hematocrit (countable and uncountable, plural hematocrits)
- (medicine) The percentage (by volume) of packed red blood cells in a centrifuged sample of blood.
- (medicine, countable) A centrifuge used to analyze the relative amount of red blood cells and plasma in blood.
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Further reading[edit]
- “hematocrit”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- hematocrit, haematocrit at Google Ngram Viewer
- hematocrit on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams[edit]
Romanian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from French hématocrite.
Noun[edit]
hematocrit n (plural hematocrite)
Declension[edit]
Declension of hematocrit
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) hematocrit | hematocritul | (niște) hematocrite | hematocritele |
genitive/dative | (unui) hematocrit | hematocritului | (unor) hematocrite | hematocritelor |
vocative | hematocritule | hematocritelor |
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