differential blood count

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   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

   Broaderblood count

Questions about differential blood count

What does differential blood count mean?

differential blood count means "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".

Is differential blood count a common word?

differential blood count is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.