RBC
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RBC
abbr.
red blood cell
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RBC
red blood cell.
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Noun | 1. | RBC - a mature blood cell that contains hemoglobin to carry oxygen to the bodily tissues; a biconcave disc that has no nucleus blood cell, blood corpuscle, corpuscle - either of two types of cells (erythrocytes and leukocytes) and sometimes including platelets macrocyte, megalocyte - abnormally large red blood cell (associated with pernicious anemia) megaloblast - abnormally large red blood cell present in pernicious anemia and folic acid deficiency acanthocyte - an abnormal red blood cell that has thorny projections of protoplasm microcyte - an abnormally small red blood cell (less than 5 microns in diameter) reticulocyte - an immature red blood cell containing a network of filaments or granules sickle cell - an abnormal red blood cell that has a crescent shape and an abnormal form of hemoglobin siderocyte - an abnormal red blood cell containing granules of iron not bound in hemoglobin spherocyte - an abnormal spherical red blood cell target cell - an abnormal red blood cell with the appearance of a dark ring surrounding a dark center; associated with anemia haemoglobin, Hb, hemoglobin - a hemoprotein composed of globin and heme that gives red blood cells their characteristic color; function primarily to transport oxygen from the lungs to the body tissues; "fish have simpler hemoglobin than mammals" |
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