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Biochem.a yellowish-white layer consisting of leukocytes that, upon centrifugation of blood, covers the red blood cells.[1790-1800]
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Buffy coat — Composants du sang après centrifugation. Le Buffy Coat est la fraction d un échantillon de sang non coagulé après centrifugation qui contient la plupart des globules blancs et des plaquettes. Description Après centrifugation du sang, 3 couches… … Wikipédia en Français
Buffy coat — Buffy Buff y, a. (Med.) Resembling, or characterized by, buff. [1913 Webster] {Buffy coat}, the coagulated plasma of blood when the red corpuscles have so settled out that the coagulum appears nearly colorless. This is common in diseased… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
buffy coat — bəf ē n the superficial layer of yellowish or buff coagulated plasma from which the red corpuscles have settled out in slowly coagulated blood * * * the thin yellowish layer of leukocytes overlying the packed red cells in centrifuged blood;… … Medical dictionary
Buffy coat — The buffy coat is the fraction of an anticoagulated blood sample after density gradient centrifugation that contains most of the white blood cells and platelets. DescriptionAfter centrifugation, one can distinguish a layer of clear fluid (the… … Wikipedia
Buffy-Coat — Zentrifugierte Blutprobe Der Buffy Coat (engl. buff: lederfarben, coat: Schicht, Film), im deutschen gelegentlich als Leukozytenfilm bezeichnet, ist die Grenzschicht zwischen roten Blutkörperchen und dem Blutplasma, die entsteht, wenn man Blut… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Buffy coat — zentrifugierte Blutprobe Der Buffy Coat (engl. buff: lederfarben, coat: Schicht, Film), im deutschen gelegentlich als Leukozytenfilm bezeichnet, ist die Grenzschicht zwischen roten Blutkörperchen und dem Blutplasma, die entsteht, wenn man Blut… … Deutsch Wikipedia
buffy coat — noun : the superficial layer of yellowish or buff coagulated plasma from which the red corpuscles have settled out in slowly coagulated blood * * * Biochem. a yellowish white layer consisting of leukocytes that, upon centrifugation of blood,… … Useful english dictionary
buffy coat method — (for detecting Leishmania, microfilariae, and trypanosomes) a blood sample is centrifuged in a hematocrit tube and the buffy coat is examined for parasites … Medical dictionary
buffy coat — Thin yellow white layer of leucocytes on top of the mass of red cells when whole blood is centrifuged … Dictionary of molecular biology
buffy coat — The whitish layer of cells (white blood cells plus platelets) overlaying the red cell pellet after centrifugation of whole blood … Forensic science glossary
