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red blood cell


red blood cell

noun

Definition of RED BLOOD CELL

: any of the hemoglobin-containing cells that carry oxygen to the tissues and are responsible for the red color of vertebrate blood —called also erythrocyte, red blood corpuscle, red cell, red corpuscle

First Known Use of RED BLOOD CELL

1910

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