packed cells

Definitions of packed cells
  1. noun
    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”
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    type of:
    blood cell, blood corpuscle, corpuscle
    either of two types of cells (erythrocytes and leukocytes) and sometimes including platelets
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