HyperDic: packed_cell_volume

English > 1 sense of the expression *packed cell volume*:
NOUN	relation	packed cell volume, hematocrit, haematocrit	the ratio of the volume occupied by packed red blood cells to the volume of the whole blood as measured by a hematocrit

English > *packed cell volume*: 1 sense > noun 1, relation
Meaning	The ratio of the volume occupied by packed red blood cells to the volume of the whole blood as measured by a hematocrit.
Synonyms	hematocrit, haematocrit
Broader	ratio	The relative magnitudes of two quantities (usually expressed as a quotient)
Spanish	hematocrito
Catalan	hematòcrit