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buffy

American  
[buhf-ee] / ˈbʌf i /

adjective

  1. buff-colored.


Etymology

Origin of buffy

buff 1 + -y 1

Example Sentences

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Above the buffy coat is the blood plasma, normally a pale, straw- colored fluid, which constitutes the remainder of the sample.

From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013

True or false: The buffy coat is the portion of a blood sample that is made up of its proteins.

From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013

The buffy coat is the portion of blood that is made up of its leukocytes and platelets.

From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013

It floats at the top of the tube separated from the heaviest elements, the erythrocytes, by a buffy coat of leukocytes and platelets.

From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013

Similar to No. 536, but margins to back feathers much paler, brownish gray or buffy; nape in winter more buffy.

From Color Key to North American Birds with bibiographical appendix by Chapman, Frank M.

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