Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Buffy"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Buffy \Buff"y\, a. (Med.)
Resembling, or characterized by, buff.

{Buffy coat}, the coagulated plasma of blood when the red
corpuscles have so settled out that the coagulum appears
nearly colorless. This is common in diseased conditions
where the corpuscles run together more rapidly and in
denser masses than usual. --Huxley.


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