PACKED CELL VOLUME

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does packed cell volume mean? 

• PACKED CELL VOLUME (noun)
  The noun PACKED CELL VOLUME has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: PACKED CELL VOLUME used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PACKED CELL VOLUME (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

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Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas

Synonyms:

haematocrit; hematocrit; packed cell volume

Hypernyms ("packed cell volume" is a kind of...):

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