complete blood count
1Complete blood count — Blood count redirects here. For the Billy Strayhorn composition, see Blood Count. Complete blood count Diagnostics Schematics (also sometimes called Fishbones ) of shorthand for complete blood count commonly used by clinicians and healthcare… …
2complete blood count — complete′ blood′ count n. med a diagnostic test that determines the exact numbers of each type of blood cell in a fixed quantity of blood …
3Complete blood count — A set values of the cellular (formed elements) of blood. These measurements are generally determined by specially designed machines that analyze the different components of blood in less than a minute. The values generally included are the… …
4complete blood count — noun counting the number of white and red blood cells and the number of platelets in 1 cubic millimeter of blood • Syn: ↑CBC, ↑blood profile • Hypernyms: ↑blood count * * * noun also complete blood cell count …
5complete blood count — blood test in which a full count is made of all blood cell types, CBC (Medicine) …
6complete blood count — CBC. A test to check the number of red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets in a sample of blood. Also called blood cell count and CBC …
7complete blood count — noun A measure of the number, concentration and size of white blood cells, platelets and red blood cells in ones blood. Syn: CBC …
8complete blood count — a diagnostic test that determines the exact numbers of each type of blood cell in a fixed quantity of blood. Abbr.: CBC * * * …
9Blood count — The calculated number of white or red blood cells (WBCs or RBCs) in a cubic millimeter of blood. * * * Calculation of the number of red (RBC) or white (WBC) blood cells in a cubic millimeter of blood, by means of counting the cells in an accurate …
10blood count — noun 1. the number of red and white corpuscles in a blood sample • Hypernyms: ↑count 2. the act of estimating the number of red and white corpuscles in a blood sample • Hypernyms: ↑count, ↑counting, ↑numeration, ↑enumeration, ↑recko …
