noun
a mature blood cell that contains hemoglobin to carry oxygen to the bodily tissues; a biconcave disc that has no nucleus
• Syn: ↑red blood cell, ↑erythrocyte
• Hypernyms: ↑blood cell, ↑blood corpuscle, ↑corpuscle
• Hyponyms:
↑megalocyte, ↑macrocyte, ↑megaloblast, ↑acanthocyte, ↑microcyte, ↑reticulocyte, ↑sickle cell, ↑siderocyte, ↑spherocyte, ↑target cell
• Substance Meronyms: ↑hemoglobin, ↑haemoglobin, ↑Hb
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abbreviation red blood cells; red blood count
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red blood cell.
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abbr. red blood cell
Useful english dictionary. 2012.