Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun haematocrit

2 senses of haematocrit

Sense 1
hematocrit, haematocrit, packed cell volume -- (the ratio of the volume occupied by packed red blood cells to the volume of the whole blood as measured by a hematocrit)
       => ratio -- (the relative magnitudes of two quantities (usually expressed as a quotient))

Sense 2
hematocrit, haematocrit -- (a measuring instrument to determine (usually by centrifugation) the relative amounts of corpuscles and plasma in the blood)
       => measuring instrument, measuring system, measuring device -- (instrument that shows the extent or amount or quantity or degree of something)
       => centrifuge, extractor, separator -- (an apparatus that uses centrifugal force to separate particles from a suspension)