"hematocrit" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /hɪˈmæt.ək.ɹɪt/ Forms: hematocrits [plural]
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 Categories (topical): Medicine Synonyms: Ht, HCT [abbreviation]
    Sense id: en-hematocrit-en-noun-mV~NwrEd Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 52 48 Topics: medicine, sciences
  2. (medicine, countable) A centrifuge used to analyze the relative amount of red blood cells and plasma in blood. Tags: countable Categories (topical): Medicine
    Sense id: en-hematocrit-en-noun-5-S7WsMJ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with hemato- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 52 48 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with hemato-: 36 64 Topics: medicine, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: haematocrit 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

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