red blood cell

red blood cell   n.   Abbr. RBC 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.

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

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.