zetacrit
- The packed cell volume produced by vertical centrifugation of blood in capillary tubes, allowing controlled compaction and dispersion of red blood cells; read with a hematocrit to produce the zeta sedimentation ratio.
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ze·ta·crit (zaґtə-krit) the packed-cell volume produced by the zeta sedimentation ratio procedure (see under ratio).
Medical dictionary. 2011.
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