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Packed Cell Volume

Definition: Packed Cell Volume

Packed Cell Volume

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.

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Specialty Definitions: Packed Cell Volume

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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)

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Synonyms: Packed Cell Volume

Synonyms: haematocrit (n), hematocrit (n). (additional references)

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Modern Translations: Packed Cell Volume

Language Translations for "packed cell volume"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

French

  

valeur hématocrite, hématocrite. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ackedpay ellcay olumevay.(various references)

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Alternative Orthography: Packed Cell Volume


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

50 61 63 6B 65 64      43 65 6C 6C      56 6F 6C 75 6D 65

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

        

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

01010000 01100001 01100011 01101011 01100101 01100100 00100000 01000011 01100101 01101100 01101100 00100000 01010110 01101111 01101100 01110101 01101101 01100101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#80 &#97 &#99 &#107 &#101 &#100 &#32 &#67 &#101 &#108 &#108 &#32 &#86 &#111 &#108 &#117 &#109 &#101

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0050 0061 0063 006B 0065 0064      0043 0065 006C 006C      0056 006F 006C 0075 006D 0065

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

5067697771702377178782568178877971

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Translations: Modern
4. Orthography
5. Bibliography


  

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