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Definition of "red blood cell" []

  • A cell in the blood of vertebrates that transports oxygen and carbon dioxide to and from the tissues. In mammals, the red blood cell is disk-shaped and biconcave, contains hemoglobin, and lacks a nucleus. Also called erythrocyte, red cell, red corpuscle. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "red blood cell" in a sentence
  • "The spreading, gelatinous, semisolid mass pressed against the invader and against the red blood cell membrane, distorting its shape."
  • "Junking G6PD makes the red blood cell more fragile, which as we have seen can be a net plus during an invasion by malaria.20 Infected, more-fragile cells may be spotted more easily by the spleen and destroyed."
  • "One useful gadget of the red blood cell nanobot is a protein called “glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase,” which mercifully can be abbreviated as G6PD."