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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. the ratio of the volume occupied by packed red blood cells to the volume of the whole blood as measured by a hematocrit;
[syn: hematocrit, haematocrit, packed cell volume]

2. a measuring instrument to determine (usually by centrifugation) the relative amounts of corpuscles and plasma in the blood;
[syn: hematocrit, haematocrit]



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

haematocrit
    n 1: the ratio of the volume occupied by packed red blood cells
         to the volume of the whole blood as measured by a
         hematocrit [syn: hematocrit, haematocrit, packed cell
         volume]
    2: a measuring instrument to determine (usually by
       centrifugation) the relative amounts of corpuscles and plasma
       in the blood [syn: hematocrit, haematocrit]