Meaning of HAEMATOCRIT

Pronunciation:			'heemutowkreet
WordNet Dictionary
	Definition:		[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
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	Synonyms:		hematocrit, hematocrit, packed cell volume
	See Also:		centrifuge, extractor, measuring device, measuring instrument, measuring system, ratio, separator