"hematocrit" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /hɪˈmæt.ək.ɹɪt/ Forms: hematocrits [plural], haematocrit [alternative]
Etymology: From hemato- (“blood”) + Ancient Greek κριτής (kritḗs, “judge, umpire”), literally “to separate blood”, coined by Swedish physiologist Magnus Blix in 1891. Etymology templates: {{affix|en|hemato-|κριτής|lang2=grc|lit=to separate blood|t1=blood|t2=judge, umpire}} hemato- (“blood”) + Ancient Greek κριτής (kritḗs, “judge, umpire”), literally “to separate blood”, {{coin|en|Magnus Blix|in=1891|nat=Swedish|nobycat=1|nocap=1|occ=physiologist}} coined by Swedish physiologist Magnus Blix in 1891 Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} hematocrit (countable and uncountable, plural hematocrits)
  1. (medicine) The percentage (by volume) of packed red blood cells in a centrifuged sample of blood. Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms: Ht, HCT [abbreviation]
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  2. (medicine, countable) A centrifuge used to analyze the relative amount of red blood cells and plasma in blood. Tags: countable
    Sense id: en-hematocrit-en-noun-5-S7WsMJ Categories (other): Medicine, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with hemato-, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Basque translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 51 49 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with hemato-: 36 64 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 47 53 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 48 52 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Basque translations: 45 55 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 45 55 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 47 53 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 45 55 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 47 53 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 46 54 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 46 54 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 43 57 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 46 54 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 46 54 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 44 56 Topics: medicine, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: microhematocrit Translations (Translations): hematokrito (Basque), hematòcrit [masculine] (Catalan), hæmatokrit [common-gender] (Danish), hematokriitti (Finnish), hématocrite [masculine] (French), Hämatokrit [masculine] (German), ematocrito [masculine] (Italian), hematokryt [masculine] (Polish), гематокрит (gematokrit) [masculine] (Russian), hematocrito [masculine] (Spanish), hematokrit [common-gender] (Swedish)
Disambiguation of 'Translations': 51 49

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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