From formal English to slang. 2014.
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 — 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 — 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
