Meanings
plural hematocrits · alternative haematocrit
- countablemedicineA centrifuge used to analyze the relative amount of red blood cells and plasma in blood.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe percentage (by volume) of packed red blood cells in a centrifuged sample of blood.
More synonyms by meaning
nounthe ratio of the volume occupied by packed red blood cells to the volume of the whole blood as measured by a hematocrit
nouna measuring instrument to determine (usually by centrifugation) the relative amounts of corpuscles and plasma in the blood
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
From hemato- (“blood”) + Ancient Greek κριτής (kritḗs, “judge, umpire”), literally “to separate blood”, coined by Swedish physiologist Magnus Blix in 1891.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Basque hematokrito
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Catalan hematòcrit
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Danish hæmatokrit
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Finnish hematokriitti
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French hématocrite
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German Hämatokrit
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Indonesian hematokrit
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Italian ematocrito
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Polish hematokryt
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Russian гематокрит
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Spanish hematocrito
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Swedish hematokrit
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Cite this entry
hematocrit. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hematocrit
“hematocrit.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hematocrit. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hematocrit,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hematocrit.
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