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Definition of Packed cells
1. Noun. A preparation of blood cells separated from the liquid plasma. "Packed cells are given to severely anemic patients in order to avoid overloading the circulatory system with too much fluid"
Lexicographical Neighbors of Packed Cells
Literary usage of Packed cells
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Journal of Comparative Pathology and Therapeutics (1888)
"The required volume of packed cells was then placed in each of a series of tubes
containing saline. These tubes were then centrifuged as before and the ..."
2. Management & Therapy of Sickle Cell Disease edited by Clarice D. Reid, Samuel Charace, Bertram Lubin (1997)
"Exchange transfusions performed with whole blood (or, more commonly, packed cells
reconstituted to the volume and hematocrit of whole blood using saline or ..."
3. A Course of Practical Instruction in Botany by Frederick Orpen Bower (1891)
"The sub-hymenial layer, composed of shorter, closely-packed cells, constituting a
... The hymenial layer, consisting of oblong, closely packed cells, ..."
4. An Outline of the Embryology of the Eye by Ward Andrews Holden (1893)
"The remainder consists of closely packed cells continuous with the cells of the
cerebral vesicle and of the retina, and identical with the closely packed ..."
5. Practical Botany for Beginners by Frederick Orpen Bower (1894)
"The sub-hymenial layer, composed of shorter, closely- packed cells, constituting a
... The hymenial layer, consisting of oblong, closely packed cells, ..."
6. Surgery, Gynecology & Obstetrics by The American College of Surgeons, Franklin H. Martin Memorial Foundation (1921)
"A quantity of sheep cells were washed daily in order that several extra cubic
centimeters of packed cells would be available for the absorption of ..."
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