cephalic index

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The degree of pallor furnishes a rough index to the amount of hemoglobin in the corpuscle.
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Wright and his followers regard the opsonic index as an index of the power of the body to combat bacterial invasion.
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A low color-index probably indicates a mild type of the disease.
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The color-index is thus almost invariably low, the average being about 0.5.
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The changes in hemoglobin and red cells resemble those of a moderate symptomatic anemia, with rather low color-index.
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British Dictionary definitions for cephalic index

cephalic index

noun

the ratio of the greatest width of the human head to its greatest length, multiplied by 100

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Medical definitions for cephalic index

cephalic index

The ratio of the maximum width of the head to its maximum length, multiplied by 100.