BUFFY COAT
\bˈʌfɪ kˈə͡ʊt], \bˈʌfɪ kˈəʊt], \b_ˈʌ_f_ɪ k_ˈəʊ_t]\
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By William R. Warner
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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The upper layer of the clot that forms in blood from an individual affected with acute inflammation. Its buff color is owing to the absence of red corpuscles, they having sunk to the lower portions before coagulation began. A more or less marked buffy coat often forms in any blood that coagulates tardily.
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See under coat.
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