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Noun Concept
Categories: Articles with short description, Human cells, 1658 in science, Respiration, Microscopic discoveries by Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
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red blood cell  RBC  erythrocyte  red blood corpuscle  haematid
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A mature blood cell that contains hemoglobin to carry oxygen to the bodily tissues; a biconcave disc that has no nucleus WordNet 3.0
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A mature blood cell that contains hemoglobin to carry oxygen to the bodily tissues; a biconcave disc that has no nucleus WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
Red blood cells, also referred to as red cells, red blood corpuscles, haematids, erythroid cells or erythrocytes, are the most common type of blood cell and the vertebrate's principal means of delivering oxygen to the body tissues—via blood flow through the circulatory system. Wikipedia
A type of cell in the blood that transports oxygen Wikipedia Disambiguation
The most common type of blood cell in vertebrates which serves to deliver oxygen to the body tissues via the blood. OmegaWiki
An anucleate hemoglobin-containing cell, especially as found in humans but more generally present in the blood of most vertebrates, that is involved with the transport of oxygen; a red blood cell. Wiktionary
A type of cell in the blood of vertebrates that contains hemoglobin and transports oxygen from the lungs to the tissues; an erythrocyte. Wiktionary
Haemoglobin-carrying blood cell in vertebrates. Wiktionary (translation)
IS A
blood cell
cell type
PART OF
blood
Formed elements of blood
HAS KIND
acanthocyte
megalocyte
megaloblast
microcyte
reticulocyte
+8 relations
DESCRIBED BY SOURCE
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
DISCOVERER OR INVENTOR
Swammerdam
PRODUCED BY
marrow
SUBSTANCE MERONYM
hemoglobin
WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
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red blood cell, RBC, erythrocyte
Wikipedia
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red blood cell
Wikidata
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red blood cell
Wiktionary
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erythrocyte, red blood cell
OmegaWiki
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erythrocyte, haematid, RBC, red blood cell, red blood corpuscle
Wikipedia Redirections
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Abnormal erythrocyte, ATC code B05AX01, ATCvet code QB05AX01, erythrocyte, Erythrocyte count, erythrocyte membrane, erythrocytes, erythrocytic, erythroid, Erytrocyte, Haematid, haematids, Hematid, Life cycle of red blood cells, Mammalian erythrocytes, RBC's, RBCs, Red-blood cell, Red-blood corpuscles, Red Blood Cell, red blood cells, Red blood corpuscle, red blood corpuscles, red cells, Red corpuscle, red corpuscles
Wikidata Alias
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erythrocyte, erythrocytes, Erythroid cells, Haematids, RBC, red blood corpuscle, Red blood corpuscles

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