Laboratory Procedure
reticulocyte count
re·tic·u·lo·cyte count [ ri-tik-yuh-luh-sahyt kount ]
Subclass of:
Red Blood Cell Count measurement
Definitions related to reticulocyte count (procedure):
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(reticulocytes) A measurement of the reticulocytes in a biological specimen.CDISC TerminologyClinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC), 2021
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(reticulocyte count) The determination of the number of reticulocytes in a blood sample.NCI ThesaurusU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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(reticulocyte count) The number of RETICULOCYTES per unit volume of BLOOD. The values are expressed as a percentage of the ERYTHROCYTE COUNT or in the form of an index ("corrected reticulocyte index"), which attempts to account for the number of circulating erythrocytes.NLM Medical Subject HeadingsU.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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