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ERYTHROCYTE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A mature blood cell that contains hemoglobin to carry oxygen to the bodily tissues; a biconcave disc that has no nucleus
Synonyms:
erythrocyte; RBC; red blood cell
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("erythrocyte" is a kind of...):
blood cell; blood corpuscle; corpuscle (either of two types of cells (erythrocytes and leukocytes) and sometimes including platelets)
Meronyms (substance of "erythrocyte"):
haemoglobin; Hb; hemoglobin (a hemoprotein composed of globin and heme that gives red blood cells their characteristic color; function primarily to transport oxygen from the lungs to the body tissues)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "erythrocyte"):
macrocyte; megalocyte (abnormally large red blood cell (associated with pernicious anemia))
megaloblast (abnormally large red blood cell present in pernicious anemia and folic acid deficiency)
acanthocyte (an abnormal red blood cell that has thorny projections of protoplasm)
microcyte (an abnormally small red blood cell (less than 5 microns in diameter))
reticulocyte (an immature red blood cell containing a network of filaments or granules)
sickle cell (an abnormal red blood cell that has a crescent shape and an abnormal form of hemoglobin)
siderocyte (an abnormal red blood cell containing granules of iron not bound in hemoglobin)
spherocyte (an abnormal spherical red blood cell)
target cell (an abnormal red blood cell with the appearance of a dark ring surrounding a dark center; associated with anemia)
Context examples:
A relative measurement (ratio or percentage) of nucleated erythrocytes to leukocytes in a biological specimen.
(Nucleated Erythrocyte to Leukocyte Ratio Measurement, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
Deficiency of all three cell elements of the blood, erythrocytes, leukocytes and platelets.
(Pancytopenia, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
Synthetic peptide-based erythropoiesis stimulating agent binds to and activates the erythropoietin (EPO) receptor on erythroid progenitor cells, thereby inducing their proliferation and differentiation into mature erythrocytes.
(Peginesatide, NCI Thesaurus)
This leads to vasodilation, improves erythrocyte flexibility, and enhances blood flow.
(Pentoxifylline, NCI Thesaurus)
In both chemotherapy- and radiation therapy-induced animal models of myelosuppression, this agent has been shown to restore granulocyte, erythrocyte, and platelet counts to normal levels.
(Plant-Derived Hematopoiesis Enhancer PG2, NCI Thesaurus)
GSSG and GSH together play important roles in numerous redox reactions, such as those involved in the detoxification of harmful substances and free radicals, and in reactions preventing oxidative damage in erythrocytes.
(Oxiglutatione, NCI Thesaurus)
A peripheral blood finding in which a large number of erythrocytes are shaped in a slightly oval-shaped form.
(Ovalocytosis, NCI Thesaurus)
A measurement of the nucleated erythrocytes (large, immature nucleated erythrocytes) in a biological specimen.
(Nucleated Red Blood Cell Count, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
The determination of the ratio of nucleated red blood cells compared to erythrocytes present in a sample.
(Nucleated Red Blood Cell to Erythrocyte Ratio Measurement, NCI Thesaurus)
It has a dense nucleus and its cytoplasm is approaching the color of a mature erythrocyte.
(Orthochromatophilic Erythroblast, NCI Thesaurus)
