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

1 sense of packed cells

Sense 1
packed cells -- (a preparation of blood cells separated from the liquid plasma; "packed cells are given to severely anemic patients in order to avoid overloading the circulatory system with too much fluid")
       => blood cell, blood corpuscle, corpuscle -- (either of two types of cells (erythrocytes and leukocytes) and sometimes including platelets)