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haematocrit

haematocrit is the alternative spelling of hematocrit.

Meaning of hematocrit

Noun

hematocrit (countable and uncountable, plural hematocrits)

  1. The percentage (by volume) of packed red blood cells in a centrifuged sample of blood.
    Synonyms:
    Ht, HCT
  2. (countable) A centrifuge used to analyze the relative amount of red blood cells and plasma in blood.

Forms of haematocrit

pluralhaematocrits

Words formed from haematocrit

Questions about haematocrit

What is haematocrit the alternative spelling of?
Haematocrit is the alternative spelling of hematocrit.

Words near haematocrit in the dictionary

  1. haematochromatosis
  2. haematochrome
  3. haematoclinical
  4. haematocolpos
  5. haematocompatibility
  6. haematocrit
  7. haematocrits
  8. haematocryal
  9. haematocrystallin
  10. haematocyte
  11. haematocytes

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