Haematocrit
nounverified·updated May 18, 2026
a measuring instrument to determine (usually by centrifugation) the relative amounts of corpuscles and plasma in the blood
Framework senses
- §1
- a measuring instrument to determine (usually by centrifugation) the relative amounts of corpuscles and plasma in the blood
- §2
- the ratio of the volume occupied by packed red blood cells to the volume of the whole blood as measured by a hematocrit