blood count

/bləd kaʊnt/

Other forms: blood counts

Definitions of blood count

1. noun

   the number of red and white corpuscles in a blood sample
   type of:

   count

   the total number counted
2. noun

   the act of estimating the number of red and white corpuscles in a blood sample
   types:

   CBC, blood profile, complete blood count

   counting the number of white and red blood cells and the number of platelets in 1 cubic millimeter of blood

   differential blood count

   counting the number of specific types of white blood cells found in 1 cubic millimeter of blood; may be included as part of a complete blood count

   type of:

   count, counting, enumeration, numeration, reckoning, tally

   the act of counting; reciting numbers in ascending order