complete blood count

/kəmˌplit bləd kaʊnt/
/kəmˈplit bləd kaʊnt/
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Definitions of complete blood count
  1. noun
    counting the number of white and red blood cells and the number of platelets in 1 cubic millimeter of blood
    synonyms: CBC, blood profile
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    blood count
    the act of estimating the number of red and white corpuscles in a blood sample
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