Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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extractor | Yes | No | No | No |
haematocrit | Yes | No | No | No |
extractor (noun) | haematocrit (noun) |
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an instrument for extracting tight-fitting components | a measuring instrument to determine (usually by centrifugation) the relative amounts of corpuscles and plasma in the blood |
an apparatus that uses centrifugal force to separate particles from a suspension | the ratio of the volume occupied by packed red blood cells to the volume of the whole blood as measured by a hematocrit |
a mechanism in a firearm that pulls an empty shell case out of the chamber and passes it to the ejector |