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RED BLOOD CELL
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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 ("red blood cell" 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 "red blood cell"):
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 "red blood cell"):
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:
They also help form red blood cells.
(B Vitamins, NIH)
It is transmitted by ticks and infects the red blood cells.
(Babesiosis, NCI Thesaurus)
An acquired anemia caused by destruction of the red blood cells by autoantibodies.
(Autoimmune hemolytic anemia, NCI Thesaurus)
A very rare disorder in which the bone marrow doesn’t make enough red blood cells.
(Blackfan–Diamond anemia, NCI Dictionary)
A tissue with red blood cells, white blood cells, platelets, and other substances suspended in fluid called plasma.
(Blood, NCI Dictionary)
Red blood cells that are at the last stage of development, still containing a nucleus, that are found in the bone marrow and occasionally in the peripheral blood.
(Nucleated Red Blood Cell, NCI Thesaurus)
A general term describing the three cellular components of blood (white blood cells, red blood cells, and platelets), all which are made in the bone marrow.
(Peripheral Blood Cell, NCI Thesaurus)
For this study, however, the researchers added a new component to the more common test: angiography, which allows doctors to distinguish red blood cells from other tissue in the retina.
(Predicting Alzheimer's Disease May Be Possible Using Eye Exam, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
Blood progenitor cells produce red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets.
(An overlooked role for lungs in blood formation, NIH)
A type of anemia (low red blood cell count) caused by the body's inability to absorb vitamin B12.
(Pernicious anemia, NCI Dictionary)
