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the ratio of the volume occupied by packed red blood cells to the volume of the whole blood as measured by a hematocrit
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- n. the ratio of the volume occupied by packed red blood cells to the volume of the whole blood as measured by a hematocrit
- n. a measuring instrument to determine (usually by centrifugation) the relative amounts of corpuscles and plasma in the blood
- n the ratio of the volume occupied by packed red blood cells to the volume of the whole blood as measured by a hematocrit n a measuring instrument to determine (usually by centrifugation) the relative amounts of corpuscles and plasma in the blood