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Definition of Red blood cell

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

Definition of Red blood cell

1. Noun. (hematology cytology) A type of cell in the blood of vertebrates that contains hemoglobin and transports oxygen from the lungs to the tissues; an erythrocyte. ¹

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Medical Definition of Red blood cell

1. Cell specialised for oxygen transport, having a high concentration of haemoglobin in the cytoplasm (and little else). Biconcave, anucleate discs, 7nm diameter in mammals, nucleus contracted and chromatin condensed in other vertebrates. Acronym: RBC This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

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Literary usage of Red 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)
"... of malaria patients, which, as we shall see, the germ always begins to manufacture industriously as soon as it gets into a red blood-cell. ..."

2. Contributions to Medical and Biological Research by William Osler (1919)
"THE REGULATION OF THE RED BLOOD-CELL SUPPLY BY CH BUNTING, MD, MADISON, Wis. (From the Pathological Laboratory of the University of Wisconsin) ..."

3. The New International Encyclopædia edited by Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby (1902)
"We distinguish three main forms: the red blood-cell, or corpuscle; ... This round, discoid, non-nucleated red blood-cell is characteristic of mammals with ..."

4. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1916)
"The arbitrary dose of sensitized red blood cell suspension used in the test being 1 cc, ... Again, a red blood cell that is saturated or sensitized with ..."

5. A Text-book of histology by Frederick Randolph Bailey (1904)
"O Subjected to the usual technic, the red blood cell appears homogeneous. ... red blood cell seen on flat; 2, red blood cell seen on edge ;,?, red blood ..."

6. A Text-book of Histology by Frederick Randolph Bailey (1906)
"J)- Subjected to the usual technic, the red blood cell appears homogeneous. ... red blood cell seen on flat; 2t red blood cell seen on edge ; j, ..."

7. Medical Record by George Frederick Shrady, Thomas Lathrop Stedman, Joseph Meredith Toner Collection (Library of Congress) (1902)
"It is thus seen that the immune body is the factor which anchors the complement to the red blood cell. Ehrlich believes that this immune body possesses two ..."

8. Handbook of Severe Disability: A Text for Rehabilitation Counselors, Other edited by Walter C. Stolov, Michael R. Clowers (2000)
"Normal red blood cell The normal red blood cell (rbc) is a highly specialized component of the blood whose sole purpose is the delivery of oxygen from the ..."

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