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Hematocrit

Hematocrit (Greek haimatos, haima – blood + Greek kritos – certain, separate):

  1. The device intended for establishment of gematokritny number;
  2. Relation of volume of uniform elements of blood (erythrocytes, leukocytes, thrombocytes) to plasma volume (synonym: gematokritny number); displays the total amount of erythrocytes, characterizes degree of a hydremia or haemo concentration.
 
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