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buffy coat
noun
, Biochemistry.
- 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."
From Project Gutenberg
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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