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blood count

DEFINITIONS OF: blood count

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n the number of red and white corpuscles in a blood sample

Type of:
count
the total number counted

n the act of estimating the number of red and white corpuscles in a blood sample

Types:
CBC, blood profile, complete blood count
counting the number of white and red blood cells and the number of platelets in 1 cubic millimeter of blood
differential blood count
counting the number of specific types of white blood cells found in 1 cubic millimeter of blood; may be included as part of a complete blood count
Type of:
count, counting, enumeration, numeration, reckoning, tally
the act of counting; reciting numbers in ascending order
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