coat (kōt)
Buffy coat
buffy coat
buffy coat
1. tunica; a membrane or other tissue covering or lining an organ or part.
2. the layer(s) of protective protein surrounding the nucleic acid in a virus.
buffy coat the thin yellowish layer of leukocytes overlying the packed erythrocytes in centrifuged blood.
buf·fy coat (b f  )n. The upper, lighter portion of the blood clot occurring when coagulation is delayed or when blood has been centrifuged. |
Buffy coat
The thin layer of concentrated white blood cells that forms when a tube of blood is spun in a centrifuge.
Mentioned in: Leukemia Stains
buffy coat
Etymology: ME, buffet + Fr, cote
a grayish white layer of white blood cells and platelets that accumulates on the surface of sedimented erythrocytes when blood is allowed to stand or is centrifuged.
buffy coat
reddish gray layer consisting of white blood cells and platelets, observed above packed red cells in centrifuged blood.
buffy coat
Lab medicine The flavescent yellow-white band of cells and debris present between the upper layer of plasma and the lower layer of RBCs, when whole blood is spun at 5000 RPM, which corresponds to WBCs
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