Medical Terminology / Unit 7 MedTerm 0430 short lesson, about 20 seconds
-crit: To Separate
Captions available
The idea
The suffix crit names separation, and in blood terms names the measured proportion of a component.
In practice
The hematocrit is the proportion of blood volume made up of red cells.
Where people slip
A hematocrit is a proportion, not a count of cells.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
Builds on
Unlocks
- Nothing yet depends on this.
Something wrong in this lesson? Flag it · Sources for Medical Terminology