1912 Gulland & Goodall vi. 48 Dilution of the plasma causes the corpuscles to swell up and become rounded, and if the dilution be carried too far the corpuscle ruptures and the hæmoglobin passes into solution. The blood is then said to be ‘laked’.
1946 28 Dec. 953/1 This is..far from reaching the refractive index level of the red cells (which would have resulted in producing ‘laked blood’ without hæmolysis).