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a diagnostic test that determines the exact numbers of each type of blood cell in a fixed quantity of blood. Abbr.: CBC
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complete 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 … Wiktionary
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blood 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 … Useful english dictionary
complete blood cell count — noun see complete blood count … Useful english dictionary
