mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration
- mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration
mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration 'mēn- n the number of grams of hemoglobin per unit volume and usu. 100 milliliters of packed red blood cells that is found by multiplying the number of grams of hemoglobin per unit volume of the original blood sample of whole blood by 100 and dividing by the hematocrit
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(MCHC) the average hemoglobin concentration in erythrocytes, conventionally expressed in “per cent†meaning grams per deciliter of red cells, obtained by dividing the blood hemoglobin concentration (in g/dL) by the hematocrit (in L/L): MCHC = Hb/Hct.
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