packed cells

1. 1.

   a preparation of blood cells separated from the liquid plasma

   “packed cells are given to severely anemic patients in order to avoid overloading the circulatory system with too much fluid”

   Broaderblood cell

Questions about packed cells

What does packed cells mean?

packed cells means "a preparation of blood cells separated from the liquid plasma".

Is packed cells a common word?

packed cells 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.