hematocrit

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The new device instead measures the levels of oxygen, pH, and hematocrit -- the proportion of red blood cells in the blood -- in a patient's muscle tissue.

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  1. noun The percentage by volume of packed red blood cells in a given sample of blood after centrifugation.
  2. noun A centrifuge used to determine the volume of blood cells and plasma in a given sample of blood.

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  1. hemato- + Greek kritēs, judge (from krīnein, to judge; see krei- in Indo-European roots).
 

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