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packed cell volume (PCV)

Etymology: ME, pakke + L, cella, storeroom, volumen, paper roll

a measured quantity of blood to which an anticoagulant has been added and the cells of which have been pressed together by the force of being centrifuged at 2000 rpm. Also called hematocrit reading.

packed cell volume

the percentage of the volume of whole, unclotted blood occupied by the erythrocytes. Abbreviated PCV. A useful prognostic indicator in dehydration when the PCV rises markedly.

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