blood countnoun [ C usually singular ]
uk/ˈblʌd ˌkaʊnt/us/ˈblʌd ˌkaʊnt/the number of red and white blood cells in a person's blood, or a medical test to discover this
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- The clinical significance of the blood count in individual diseases will be further referred to.