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red blood cell

 
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Physiology. one 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. Abbreviation: RBC
Also called erythrocyte, red cell, red blood corpuscle.

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Main Entry: red blood cell
Function: noun
: any of the hemoglobin-containing cells that carry oxygen to the tissues and are responsible for the red color of vertebrateblood called also erythrocyte, red blood corpuscle, red cell, red corpuscle; —compare WHITE BLOODCELL
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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red blood cell n.
Abbr. RBC, rbc
A disk-shaped, biconcave cell in the blood that contains hemoglobin, lacks a nucleus, and transports oxygen and carbon dioxide to and from the tissues. Also called erythrocyte, red cell, red corpuscle.

The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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