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packed red blood cell(medicine)
concentrated human red blood corpuscle(medicine)
White blood cells(medicine)
White blood cells(health)
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sponge 1, noun (oh) and packed human blood cells (medicine)


sponge 1, noun (oh)




[Date: 1000-1100; Language: Latin; Origin: spongia, from Greek]
[U and C] a piece of a soft natural or artificial substance full of small holes, which can suck up liquid and is used for washing
[C] a simple sea creature from which natural sponge is produced
[singular] BrE an act of washing something with a sponge
[U and C] BrE a light cake made from flour, sugar, butter and eggs
::a Victoria sponge
[C] a sponger

packed human blood cells (medicine)


packed human blood cells
Whole blood from which plasma has been removed; may be prepared any time during the Dating period of the whole blood from which it is derived, but not later than six days after the blood has been drawn if separation of plasma and cell's is achieved by centrifugation.