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