Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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haematocrit | Yes | No | No | No |
centrifuge | Yes | No | Yes | No |
haematocrit (noun) | centrifuge (noun) |
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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 |
haematocrit (verb) | centrifuge (verb) |
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rotate at very high speed in order to separate the liquids from the solids |