- another name for erythrocyte
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red′ blood′ cell′,
- Physiologyone of the cells of the blood, which in mammals are enucleate disks concave on both sides, contain hemoglobin, and carry oxygen to the cells and tissues and carbon dioxide back to the respiratory organs. Also called erythrocyte, red cell, red′ blood′ cor′puscle. Abbr.: RBC
- 1905–10
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'red blood cell' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
RBC
- acanthocyte
- erythrocyte
- ghost
- hematoblast
- macrocyte
- megaloblast
- merozoite
- microcyte
- red cell
- red corpuscle
- reticulocyte
- sickle cell
- spectrin
- trophozoite