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buffy coat — bəf ē n the superficial layer of yellowish or buff coagulated plasma from which the red corpuscles have settled out in slowly coagulated blood * * * the thin yellowish layer of leukocytes overlying the packed red cells in centrifuged blood;… … Medical dictionary
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Buffy coat — The buffy coat is the fraction of an anticoagulated blood sample after density gradient centrifugation that contains most of the white blood cells and platelets. DescriptionAfter centrifugation, one can distinguish a layer of clear fluid (the… … Wikipedia
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buffy coat — noun : the superficial layer of yellowish or buff coagulated plasma from which the red corpuscles have settled out in slowly coagulated blood * * * Biochem. a yellowish white layer consisting of leukocytes that, upon centrifugation of blood,… … Useful english dictionary
buffy coat — Thin yellow white layer of leucocytes on top of the mass of red cells when whole blood is centrifuged … Dictionary of molecular biology
buffy coat — Biochem. a yellowish white layer consisting of leukocytes that, upon centrifugation of blood, covers the red blood cells. [1790 1800] * * * … Universalium
buffy coat — The whitish layer of cells (white blood cells plus platelets) overlaying the red cell pellet after centrifugation of whole blood … Forensic science glossary
buffy coat — thin yellowish white layer of white blood cells that forms on top of the red blood cells when blood is centrifuged (Hematology) … English contemporary dictionary
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