Meaning

2 senses
  1. The number of cells in a volume of liquid.

    (countable, uncountable)The concentration of various blood cells in a patient's blood.

  2. (countable, uncountable)The number of bacteria cells in a particular volume of liquid such as blood, milk, etc.

Examples

1 sentences
  1. A high level of testosterone will drive your red blood cell count up.

Origin

Compound of cell + count. Attested since the nineteenth century.

Compound of cell + count. Attested since the nineteenth century.

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Forms

plural: cell counts
Singularcell count
Pluralcell counts

regular

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

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