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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
packed cell volume
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]