buffy coat

noun

The fraction of an anticoagulated blood sample that contains most of the white blood cells and platelets following density gradient centrifugation of the blood.

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Meanings

nounbuffy coat (plural buffy coats)

plural buffy coats

  1. The fraction of an anticoagulated blood sample that contains most of the white blood cells and platelets following density gradient centrifugation of the blood.
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APA

buffy coat. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/buffy%20coat

MLA

“buffy coat.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/buffy%20coat. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “buffy coat,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/buffy%20coat.

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