: the number of grams of hemoglobin per unit volume and usually 100 milliliters of packed red blood cells that is found by multiplying the number of grams of hemoglobin per unit volume of the original blood sample of whole blood by 100 and dividing by the hematocrit
—abbreviation MCHC
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“Mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration.” Merriam-Webster.com Medical Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/medical/mean%20corpuscular%20hemoglobin%20concentration. Accessed 4 Mar. 2025.
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