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Definition of Blood cell
1. Noun. Either of two types of cells (erythrocytes and leukocytes) and sometimes including platelets.
Group relationships: Blood
Generic synonyms: Somatic Cell, Vegetative Cell
Specialized synonyms: Leucocyte, Leukocyte, Wbc, White Blood Cell, White Blood Corpuscle, White Cell, White Corpuscle, Packed Cells, Erythrocyte, Rbc, Red Blood Cell
Derivative terms: Corpuscular
Definition of Blood cell
1. Noun. (hematology cytology) Any of the cells found in blood that is erythrocytes and leukocytes, and sometimes including platelets. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Blood cell
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Blood Cell
Literary usage of Blood cell
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1902)
"If the-e are watched, they are seen to grow rapidly, until they nearly fill the
blood-cell, developing in tin- meantime their characteristic pigment ..."
2. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1890)
"Moreover, this phenomenon in other cells is followed by division of the cell
itself, and in the case of the white blood-cell such ..."
3. Contributions to Medical and Biological Research by William Osler (1919)
"THE REGULATION OF THE RED BLOOD-CELL SUPPLY BY CH BUNTING, MD, MADISON, Wis. ...
the red blood-cell supply to the circulation is not the least interesting. ..."
4. The Microscopic Anatomy of the Human Body, in Health and Disease by Arthur Hill Hassall, Henry Vanarsdale (1852)
"But each of these two phases presents likewise two stages in their growth or
formation: thus the granule blood cell may be cither coarsely granular, ..."
5. Handbook of Severe Disability: A Text for Rehabilitation Counselors, Other edited by Walter C. Stolov, Michael R. Clowers (2000)
"Sickle cell disease gets its name from the special shape of the red blood cell
that develops in this disorder. An understanding of the normal red blood cell ..."
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