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Packed red blood cells: red blood cells that have been separated for blood transfusion.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal, uncountable
Topics: medicine, sciences
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a preparation of blood cells separated from the liquid plasma
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- packed cells are given to severely anemic patients in order to avoid overloading the circulatory system with too much fluid
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Broader terms: blood cell, blood corpuscle, corpuscle
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