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Noun: blood count  blúd kawnt
  1. The number of red and white corpuscles in a blood sample
    "The doctor ordered a complete blood count to assess the patient's health"
     
  2. The act of estimating the number of red and white corpuscles in a blood sample
    "The doctor ordered a blood count to check for anaemia"

Derived forms: blood counts

Type of: count, counting, enumeration, numeration, reckoning, tally

Encyclopedia: Blood count