mean corpuscular volume


mean corpuscular volume

noun

Definition of MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME

: the volume of the average red blood cell in a given blood sample that is found by multiplying the hematocrit by 10 and dividing by the estimated number of red blood cells—abbreviation MCV

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