BLOOD COUNT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does blood count mean? 

• BLOOD COUNT (noun)
  The noun BLOOD COUNT has 2 senses:

1. the number of red and white corpuscles in a blood sample

2. the act of estimating the number of red and white corpuscles in a blood sample

  Familiarity information: BLOOD COUNT used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BLOOD COUNT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The number of red and white corpuscles in a blood sample

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Hypernyms ("blood count" is a kind of...):

count (the total number counted)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The act of estimating the number of red and white corpuscles in a blood sample

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("blood count" is a kind of...):

count; counting; enumeration; numeration; reckoning; tally (the act of counting; reciting numbers in ascending order)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "blood count"):

blood profile; CBC; complete blood count (counting the number of white and red blood cells and the number of platelets in 1 cubic millimeter of blood)

differential blood count (counting the number of specific types of white blood cells found in 1 cubic millimeter of blood; may be included as part of a complete blood count)

 Context examples 

Also called blood cell count, CBC, and complete blood count.

(Full blood count, NCI Dictionary)

A HCT test is usually part of a complete blood count (CBC).

(HCT, NCI Dictionary)

A hematocrit test is usually part of a complete blood count (CBC).

(Hematocrit, NCI Dictionary)

Comment: Intended to be used for disorders of genetically engineered mice that are not characterized by increased blood counts; Genetic

(Mouse Myeloproliferation, NCI Thesaurus/MMHCC)

Also called blood cell count, CBC, and full blood count.

(Complete blood count, NCI Dictionary)

Also called blood cell count, complete blood count, and full blood count.

(CBC, NCI Dictionary)

Also called CBC, complete blood count, and full blood count.

(Blood cell count, NCI Dictionary)

Diagnostic tests include CT scan, MRI, angiography, and EEG to locate and evaluate the extent of the hemorrhagic or ischemic damage in the brain parenchyma, coagulation studies, complete blood count, comprehensive metabolic panel, and urinalysis.

(Cerebrovascular accident, NCI Thesaurus)

A full blood count is used to help diagnose and monitor many conditions.

(Full blood count, NCI Dictionary)

A complete blood count is used to help diagnose and monitor many conditions.

(Complete blood count, NCI Dictionary)