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Red blood cell Common

Red blood cell has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

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Noun
1

a mature blood cell that contains hemoglobin to carry oxygen to the bodily tissues; a biconcave disc that has no nucleus

2

A type of cell in the blood of vertebrates that contains hemoglobin and transports oxygen from the lungs to the tissues; an erythrocyte.

Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
blood cell
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
megalocyte megaloblast acanthocyte microcyte reticulocyte sickle cell siderocyte spherocyte target cell
Rhyming Words
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