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HEINZ
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• HEINZ (noun)
The noun HEINZ has 1 sense:
1. United States industrialist who manufactured and sold processed foods (1844-1919)
Familiarity information: HEINZ used as a noun is very rare.
Sense 1
Meaning:
United States industrialist who manufactured and sold processed foods (1844-1919)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Heinz; Henry John Heinz
Instance hypernyms:
industrialist (someone who manages or has significant financial interest in an industrial enterprise)
Context examples
A measurement of the Heinz bodies (small round inclusions within the body of a red blood cell) in a biological specimen.
(Heinz-Ehrlich Body Measurement, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
A relative measurement (ratio or percentage) of the erythrocytes that contain heinz bodies to total erythrocytes in a biological specimen.
(Heinz Body to Erythrocyte Ratio Measurement, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
The determination of the ratio of the erythrocytes that contain heinz bodies compared to total erythrocytes present in a sample.
(Heinz Body to Erythrocyte Ratio Measurement, NCI Thesaurus)
The determination of the amount of Heinz bodies (denatured hemoglobin) present in a sample.
(Heinz-Ehrlich Body Measurement, NCI Thesaurus)
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