hematocrit

• haematocrit

From hemato- (“blood”) +‎ Ancient Greek κριτής (kritḗs, “judge, umpire”), literally “to separate blood”, coined by Swedish physiologist Magnus Blix in 1891.

• IPA^(key): /hɪˈmæt.ək.ɹɪt/

hematocrit (countable and uncountable, plural hematocrits)

1. (medicine) The percentage (by volume) of packed red blood cells in a centrifuged sample of blood.

   Synonyms: Ht, (abbreviation) HCT

2. (medicine, countable) A centrifuge used to analyze the relative amount of red blood cells and plasma in blood.

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• chromatite

Borrowed from French hématocrite.

hematocrit n (plural hematocrite)

1. hematocrit