hemocytometer /he·mo·cy·tom·e·ter/ (-si-tom´ĕ-ter) hemacytometer.
Hemocytometer
hemocytometer [he″mo-si-tom´ĕ-ter]
he·mo·cy·tom·e·ter (h  m -s -t m  -t r)n. An instrument for counting the blood cells in a measured volume of blood. Also called hemacytometer. |
Hemocytometer
An instrument used to count platelets or other blood cells.
Mentioned in: Platelet Count
hemocytometer [he″mo-si-tom´ĕ-ter]
a device used in manual blood cell counts consisting of a counting chamber of uniform depth that is covered by a ruled cover glass so that the region under each ruled square contains a known volume of the diluted blood specimen.
hemocytometer
an instrument used in counting blood cells, commonly applied to a combination of counting chambers with coverglasses and pipettes for erythrocytes and leukocytes, all meeting established specifications.
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