Definitions for hematocrit

Overview of noun hematocrit

The noun hematocrit has 2 senses? (no senses from tagged texts)

1. hematocrit, haematocrit, packed cell volume

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

2. hematocrit, haematocrit

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