Peripheral blood smear
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| Peripheral blood smear | |
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| Term | Peripheral blood smear |
| Short definition | peripheral blood smear - (pronounced) (peh-RIH-feh-rul blud smeer) A procedure in which a sample of blood is looked at under a microscope to count the various circulating blood cells (red blood cells, white blood cells, platelets, etc. ) and see if the cells look normal |
| Type | Cancer terms |
| Specialty | Oncology |
| Language | English |
| Source | NCI |
| Comments | |
peripheral blood smear - (pronounced) (peh-RIH-feh-rul blud smeer) A procedure in which a sample of blood is looked at under a microscope to count the various circulating blood cells (red blood cells, white blood cells, platelets, etc. ) and see if the cells look normal
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