fraction

(frak′shŏn )

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[L. fractio, act of breaking]

1. In biological chemistry, the separable part of a substance such as blood or plasma.
2. The ratio of a component to the total, e.g., the substance fraction of carboxyhemoglobin (relative to the total hemoglobin).

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