"blood film" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: blood films [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} blood film (plural blood films)
  1. A thin layer of blood spread on a microscope slide for examination of the various blood cells and detection of parasites. Wikipedia link: blood film Synonyms: blood smear Translations (blood spread on a slide): esfregaço sanguíneo [masculine] (Portuguese), blodutstryk [neuter] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-blood_film-en-noun-K7GsDxOw Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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