red blood cell — also .red corpuscle n one of the cells in your blood that carry oxygen to every part of your body →↑white blood cell … Dictionary of contemporary English
red blood cell — red blood ,cell noun count a BLOOD CELL that carries oxygen ─ compare WHITE BLOOD CELL … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
red blood cell — red′ blood′ cell n. phl any of the cells of the blood that 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… … From formal English to slang
red blood cell — n. ERYTHROCYTE: also called red blood corpuscle … English World dictionary
Red blood cell — Human red blood cells (6 8μm) Red blood cells (abbreviated RBCs; also referred to as erythrocytes or simply, as red cells[1]) are the most common type of blood cell and the vertebrate organism s principal means of delivering oxygen (O2) to the… … Wikipedia
Red blood cell — One of the blood cells that carry oxygen. Red cells contain hemoglobin and it is the hemoglobin which permits them to transport oxygen (and carbon dioxide). Hemoglobin, aside from being a transport molecule, is a pigment. It gives the cell its… … Medical dictionary
red blood cell — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms red blood cell : singular red blood cell plural red blood cells a blood cell that carries oxygen • See: white blood cell … English dictionary
red\ blood\ cell — Something you can say when you re talking about one subject, then need to interrupt yourself for a second, or when someone says something random that you don t know how to classify. From a high school science class, where the teacher was talking… … Dictionary of american slang
Red blood cell indices — are blood tests that provide information about the hemoglobin content and size of red blood cells. Abnormal values indicate the presence of anemia and which type of anemia it is. [ [http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/003648.htm… … Wikipedia
Red blood cell distribution width — The red blood cell distribution width, or RDW, is a measure of the variation of red blood cell width that is reported as part of a standard complete blood count. Usually red blood cells are a standard size of about 6 8μm. Certain disorders,… … Wikipedia
