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Hematocrit

Definitions: Hematocrit

Hematocrit

Noun

1. The ratio of the volume occupied by packed red blood cells to the volume of the whole blood as measured by a hematocrit.

2. A measuring instrument to determine (usually by centrifugation) the relative amounts of corpuscles and plasma in the blood.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 



Specialty Definitions: Hematocrit

DomainDefinitions

Biology & Biotechnology

The volume percentage of erythorytes in whole blood. The --. . . is determined by centrifuging a blood sample to separate the cellular elements from the plasma. Source: European Union. (references)

Health

Measurement of the volume of packed red cells in a blood specimen by centrifugation. The procedure is performed using a tube with graduated markings or with automated blood cell counters. It is used as an indicator of erythrocyte status in disease. For example, anemia shows a low hematocrit, polycythemia, high values. (references)

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Synonyms: Hematocrit

Synonyms: haematocrit (n), packed cell volume (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Hematocrit

English words defined with "hematocrit": haematocritpacked cell volume. (references)
Specialty definitions using "hematocrit": Anemia, Iron-DeficiencyBlood Cell CountErythrocyte Indices. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Hematocrit

DomainTitle

Books

  • Hematocrit values of youths 12-17 years, United States (reference)

    (more book examples)

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Non-Fiction Usage: Hematocrit

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

The target hematocrit has not yet been determined. (references)

Animal experiments suggest that wound healing is impaired below a hematocrit of 15 percent. (references)

There is no support for transfusion to a certain level of hematocrit or hemoglobin to promote wound healing. (references)

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Hematocrit

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

hematocrit

206

low hematocrit

25

hematocrit level

18

hematocrit hemoglobin

7

hematocrit level low

5

hematocrit centrifuge

4

hematocrit level normal

4

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4

fluctuating hematocrit

3

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3

elevated hematocrit

3

hematocrit normal

2
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Modern Translations: Hematocrit

Language Translations for "hematocrit"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Chinese 

  

血流"容计 (haematocrit). (various references)

   

French

  

hématocrite, valeur hématocrite. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ematocrithay

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Derivations: Hematocrit

Derivations

Words beginning with "hematocrit": hematocrits. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: Hematocrit

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-c-e-h-i-m-o-r-t-t"

-2 letters: amoretti, chattier, chromate, chromite, rhematic, theatric, thematic, theocrat, trichome.

-3 letters: achiote, cattier, chariot, chatter, chimera, chitter, citator, citrate, coremia, cottier, erotica, haricot, hematic, matcher, mortice, mothier, omitter, ratchet, rematch, ricotta, teraohm, theriac, thermic, thorite, totemic, tritoma.

-4 letters: achier, aortic, atomic, attire, cahier, cattie, chimar, chimer, chorea, chroma, chrome, cither, coater, coheir, comate, cometh, cottae, cottar, cotter, erotic, haemic, hatter, hector, heriot, hermai, hermit, heroic, hitter, homier, hotter, imaret, matter, metric, mither, mohair, mother, ochrea, orache, rachet, ratite, rochet, rotate, rotche, thairm, thetic, thiram, thoria, thoric, threat, thrice, throat, tither, tocher, tomcat, tother, tricot, troche.

-5 letters: actor, aimer, airth, aitch, amice, amort, areic, armet, attic, cameo, caret, carom, carte, cater, ceria, chair, chare, charm, chart, cheat, chemo, chert, chiao, chime, chirm, chiro, choir, chore, chott, citer, coati, comae, comer, comet, comte, coria, cotta, crate, cream, crime, earth, erica, ethic, harem, hater, heart, hemic, herma, homer, ichor, ihram, irate, ither, macer, mache, macho, macro, mahoe, march, match, mater, matte, merit, metro, miche, micra, micro, mirth, miter, mitre, mocha, moira, moire, morae, motet, motte, oater, ocher, ochre, ocrea, octet, ohmic, orach, orate, other, ottar, otter, ramet, ramie, ratch, rathe, ratio, reach, react, recta, recti, recto, remit, retch, retia, roach, rotch, rotte, tacet, tache, tacit, tamer, taroc, tarot, tater, teach, tecta, terai, tetra, tharm, theca, their, therm, theta, throe, timer, titer, tithe, titre, torah, torch, toric, torte, totem, toter, trace, tract, trait, treat, triac, trice, trite, troth.

 Words containing the letters "a-c-e-h-i-m-o-r-t-t"
 

+1 letter: hematocrits, theorematic.

 

+2 letters: metathoracic, thermostatic, thermotactic.

 

+3 letters: heterogametic, metachromatic, thermoplastic, thoracotomies, tracheotomies.

 

+4 letters: anthropometric, chemotherapist, chrestomathies, chromaticities, spermatophytic, thermomagnetic, thermoplastics, tracheostomies.

 

+5 letters: chemotherapists, dithiocarbamate, heterochromatic, heterochromatin, photogrammetric, photometrically.

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Alternative Orthography: Hematocrit


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

48 65 6D 61 74 6F 63 72 69 74

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

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Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001000 01100101 01101101 01100001 01110100 01101111 01100011 01110010 01101001 01110100

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#72 &#101 &#109 &#97 &#116 &#111 &#99 &#114 &#105 &#116

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0048 0065 006D 0061 0074 006F 0063 0072 0069 0074

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

42717967868169847586

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Quotations: Non-fiction
6. Expressions: Internet
7. Translations: Modern
8. Derivations
9. Anagrams
10. Orthography
11. Bibliography


  

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