Akademik

1. the number of red and white corpuscles in a blood sample

2. the act of estimating the number of red and white corpuscles in a blood sample

1. : the determination of the blood cells in a definite volume of blood by partial enumeration and extrapolation — compare red count, white count; differential blood count

2. : the number of blood cells in a definite volume of the blood of an individual as determined by a blood count, a figure that varies with sex, physiologic state, and health but in normal man approximates 5,000,000 red cells and 7000 white cells per cubic millimeter, the latter divided among 55 percent or more neutrophils, about 30 percent lymphocytes, and small percentages of eosinophils, monocytes, and basophils

the count of the number of red and white blood cells and platelets in a specific volume of blood.

[1895-1900]

blood count noun

The number of red or white corpuscles in the blood

Main Entry: ↑blood

blood count UK US noun [countable] [singular blood count plural blood counts] medical

the number of red or white cells in your blood, or a test to measure this, for example in order to find out the state of your immune system

Thesaurus: heart, blood and circulation_hyponym

blood count,

a count of the number of red and white blood cells and the amount of hemoglobin in a sample of a person's blood to see if it is normal.

n. a determination of the number of corpuscles in a specific volume of blood

noun, pl ⋯ counts [count]

: the number of cells in someone's blood

— usually singular

ˈblood count [blood count] noun

the number of red and white cells in sb's blood; a medical test to count these