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buffy coat

noun

, Biochemistry.
  1. a yellowish-white layer consisting of leukocytes that, upon centrifugation of blood, covers the red blood cells.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of buffy coat1

First recorded in 1790–1800

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Example Sentences

The blood then contains an excess of Fibrine, causing it, on coagulation, to exhibit the "buffy coat."

In the epidemic studied by Mannkopff he found that blood obtained by venesection gave a clot with a thick buffy coat.

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