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BLOOD CELL
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Either of two types of cells (erythrocytes and leukocytes) and sometimes including platelets
Synonyms:
blood cell; blood corpuscle; corpuscle
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("blood cell" is a kind of...):
somatic cell; vegetative cell (any of the cells of a plant or animal except the reproductive cells; a cell that does not participate in the production of gametes)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "blood cell"):
leucocyte; leukocyte; WBC; white blood cell; white blood corpuscle; white cell; white corpuscle (blood cells that engulf and digest bacteria and fungi; an important part of the body's defense system)
packed cells (a preparation of blood cells separated from the liquid plasma)
erythrocyte; RBC; red blood cell (a mature blood cell that contains hemoglobin to carry oxygen to the bodily tissues; a biconcave disc that has no nucleus)
Holonyms ("blood cell" is a part of...):
blood (the fluid (red in vertebrates) that is pumped through the body by the heart and contains plasma, blood cells, and platelets)
Context examples:
In acute myeloid leukemia (AML), there are too many of a specific type of white blood cell called a myeloblast.
(Acute Myeloid Leukemia, NIH: National Cancer Institute)
Leukemia is cancer of the white blood cells.
(Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia, NIH: National Cancer Institute)
A progressive, proliferative disease of blood cells, originating from immature lymphoid cells.
(Acute lymphoblastic leukemia, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
A rapidly progressing cancer that starts in blood-forming tissue such as the bone marrow, and causes large numbers of white blood cells to be produced and enter the blood stream.
(Acute leukemia, NCI Dictionary)
An aggressive (fast-growing) disease in which too many myeloblasts (immature white blood cells that are not lymphoblasts) are found in the bone marrow and blood.
(Acute myeloblastic leukemia, NCI Dictionary)
A progressive, proliferative disease of blood cells, originating from immature megakaryocytes.
(Acute Megakaryoblastic Leukemia, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
Muramyl tripeptide phosphatidylethanolamine activates certain types of white blood cells and helps the immune system kill cancer cells.
(Muramyl tripeptide phosphatidylethanolamine, NCI Dictionary)
Splenic pulp seen grossly as a reddish brown substance, due to its abundance of red blood cells, consisting of splenic sinuses and the tissue intervening between them (splenic cords).
(Murine Red Pulp, NCI Thesaurus)
White blood cells that attack tumor cells and body cells that have been invaded by foreign substances.
(Natural killer cell, NCI Dictionary)
Treatment that inhibits blood cell production.
(Myelosuppressive therapy, NCI Dictionary)
