HEMATOCRIT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does hematocrit mean? 

• HEMATOCRIT (noun)
  The noun HEMATOCRIT has 2 senses:

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

  Familiarity information: HEMATOCRIT used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HEMATOCRIT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas

Synonyms:

haematocrit; hematocrit; packed cell volume

Hypernyms ("hematocrit" is a kind of...):

ratio (the relative magnitudes of two quantities (usually expressed as a quotient))

Sense 2

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

haematocrit; hematocrit

Hypernyms ("hematocrit" is a kind of...):

centrifuge; extractor; separator (an apparatus that uses centrifugal force to separate particles from a suspension)

measuring device; measuring instrument; measuring system (instrument that shows the extent or amount or quantity or degree of something)

 Context examples 

The determination of the amount of hematocrit corrected reticulocytes present in a sample.

(Hematocrit Corrected Reticulocyte Count, NCI Thesaurus)

A measurement of the hematocrit corrected reticulocytes in a biological specimen.

(Hematocrit Corrected Reticulocyte Count, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

A relative measurement (ratio or percentage) of the hematocrit corrected reticulocytes to erythrocytes present in a sample.

(Hematocrit Corrected Reticulocytes to Erythrocytes Ratio Measurement, NCI Thesaurus)

GPCs are approximately 11% higher than whole blood if the hematocrit is normal.

(Plasma Glucose Measurement, NCI Thesaurus)

The determination of the amount of platelet hematocrit present in a sample.

(Platelet Hematocrit Measurement, NCI Thesaurus)

The amount of hemoglobin (substance in the blood that carries oxygen) and the hematocrit (the amount of whole blood that is made up of red blood cells) are also measured.

(Blood cell count, NCI Dictionary)

The MCHC is a calculated value derived from the measurement of hemoglobin and the hematocrit.

(Erythrocyte Mean Corpuscular Hemoglobin Concentration, NCI Thesaurus)

This is a calculated value derived from the hematocrit and the red cell count.

(Erythrocyte Mean Corpuscular Volume, NCI Thesaurus)

In asymptomatic anemia the hematocrit levels usually range from 32 to 35%.

(Mild Anemia, NCI Thesaurus)

A disease characterized by normocytic, normochromic anemia, low hematocrit, reticulocytopenia and selective erythroid hypoplasia.

(Acquired pure red cell aplasia, NCI Thesaurus)