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–noun Biochemistry.

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

Origin:
1790–1800

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Main Entry: buffy coat
Pronunciation: 'b&f-E-
Function: noun
: the superficial layer of yellowish or buff coagulated plasma from which the red corpuscleshave settled out in slowly coagulated blood

Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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buffy coat buf·fy coat (bŭf'ē)
n.
The upper, lighter portion of the blood clot occurring when coagulation is delayed or when blood has been centrifuged.

The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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