- Wintrobe hematocrit tube
- a thick-walled glass tube with a uniform internal bore, a flat bottom, and millimeter calibrations from 0 to 105; used in the Wintrobe method of calculating hematocrit.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
Wintrobe hematocrit tube
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