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erythrocyte

[ih-rith-ruh-sahyt] / ɪˈrɪθ rəˌsaɪt /


NOUN
red blood cell
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The cell found in greatest abundance in blood is the erythrocyte.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

And although there is just one type of erythrocyte, there are many types of leukocytes.

From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013

Thus, anti-A or anti-B antibodies that might be circulating in the patient’s blood plasma will not encounter any erythrocyte surface antigens on the donated blood and therefore will not be provoked into a response.

From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013

During the first day or two that it is in the circulation, an immature erythrocyte, known as a reticulocyte, will still typically contain remnants of organelles.

From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013

The authors who support this view and also describe it as the only kind of erythrocyte formation are chiefly Kölliker and E. Neumann.

From Histology of the Blood Normal and Pathological by Myers, W.