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buffy coat

noun Biochemistry.
  1. a yellowish-white layer consisting of leukocytes that, upon centrifugation of blood, covers the red blood cells.
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Origin of buffy coat

First recorded in 1790–1800
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buffy coat in Medicine

buffy coat

(bŭf′ē)
n.
  1. The upper, lighter portion of the blood clot occurring when coagulation is delayed or when blood has been centrifuged.
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