Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

buffy coat

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.37 in modern English

Syllables: buffy -coat
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The fraction of an anticoagulated blood sample that contains most of the white blood cells and platelets following density gradient centrifugation of the blood.

Inflected Forms

buffy coats (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

buff buffiness

Questions

What does buffy coat mean?: The fraction of an anticoagulated blood sample that contains most of the white blood cells and platelets following density gradient centrifugation of the blood.

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