hematocrit

English

Alternative forms

haematocrit

Etymology

From haemato- +‎ Ancient Greek krites (judge)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /hɪˈmætəkɹɪt/

Noun

hematocrit (plural hematocrits) (Abbreviated as: Ht or HCT)

(medicine) The percentage (by volume) of packed red blood cells in a centrifuged sample of blood
(medicine) A centrifuge used to analyze the relative amount of red blood cells and plasma in blood

Translations

Translations

Basque: hematokrito (eu)
Catalan: hematòcrit m
Danish: hæmatokrit (da) c
Finnish: hematokriitti (fi)
French: hématocrite (fr) m

Italian: ematocrito (it) m
Polish: hematokryt m
Russian: гематокрит (ru) m (gematokrit)
Spanish: hematocrito m
Swedish: hematokrit (sv) c

Further reading

hematocrit at OneLook Dictionary Search
hematocrit, haematocrit at Google Ngram Viewer

Anagrams

chromatite

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