noun
- The ratio of the volume occupied by packed red blood cells to the volume of the whole blood as measured by a hematocrit.
- synonyms: haematocrit, packed cell volume
- A measuring instrument to determine (usually by centrifugation) the relative amounts of corpuscles and plasma in the blood.
- synonyms: haematocrit
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