blood cell

noun

: a cell normally present in blood

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Red bone marrow is the spongy tissue inside bones that produces all types of blood cells. Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Dec. 2025 This kind of differential gene expression is central to some of biology’s greatest wonders — for example, the fact that all cells in the human body have the same DNA, and yet brain cells differ dramatically from liver, skin and blood cells. Ivan Amato, Quanta Magazine, 22 Dec. 2025 Currently the platform can do this for 10 different cell types—including stem cells, T-cells, cardiac cells, and blood cells—and the company is planning on training its models to work with more in the future. Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 18 Dec. 2025 The researchers highlighted that the success of this blood cell gene therapy approach offers an exciting blueprint for treating many other genetic conditions. Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 24 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for blood cell

Word History

First Known Use

1834, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of blood cell was in 1834

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“Blood cell.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/blood%20cell. Accessed 27 Dec. 2025.

Kids Definition

blood cell

noun
: a cell normally present in blood

Medical Definition

blood cell

noun
: a cell or platelet normally present in blood see red blood cell, white blood cell

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