How to Use red blood cell in a Sentence

red blood cell

noun

• His red blood cell count was very low.
  — Corey Martin, CBS News, 15 Dec. 2025
• This can even lead to anemia (lack of healthy red blood cells).
  — Karen Berger, Pharmd, Verywell Health, 23 July 2024
• This measures the amounts of red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets.
  — Doru Paul, Health, 10 Jan. 2025
• Blood is made up of red blood cells, white blood cells, platelets and plasma.
  — Elizabeth Weise and Mark Johnson, USA TODAY, 2 Apr. 2020
• Blood is composed of white and red blood cells, platelets and plasma.
  — Sarah Ravani, SFChronicle.com, 12 May 2020
• Thus, the red blood cells are destroyed in cool areas, such as the skin.
  — Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 2 Aug. 2023
• That means less room for healthy white blood cells, red blood cells, and platelets to form in the bone marrow.
  — Dana Hunsinger Benbow, Indianapolis Star, 11 Nov. 2019
• Low iron levels reduce the number of red blood cells.
  — Merve Ceylan, Health, 28 Dec. 2025
• The disease changes the shape of red blood cells in a way that can block blood flow to the rest of the body.
  — Maya Goldman, Axios, 26 Feb. 2025
• Colin’s abscess must have been too much for his red blood cells to handle.
  — Julia Michie Bruckner, Discover Magazine, 12 Mar. 2019
• This anemia happens when your red blood cells break down faster than normal.
  — Becca Longmire, People.com, 4 July 2025
• After three or four months, their red blood cell count continued to grow.
  — Doug Johnson, Ars Technica, 14 Jan. 2022
• The clot, or thrombus, is made of fibrin, platelets, white blood cells and some red blood cells.
  — Daryl Austin, USA Today, 15 Aug. 2025
• It’s caused by a parasite that infects red blood cells through the bite of a tick.
  — Brenda Goodman, CNN Money, 20 Aug. 2025
• The cells then die off early, leaving a lack of healthy red blood cells, or anemia.
  — WIRED, 16 Nov. 2023
• That’s because it’s filled with red blood cells, which happen to contain a bunch of iron.
  — Katie Camero, SELF, 27 Nov. 2024
• The ideal particle size is roughly that of a red blood cell.
  — ArsTechnica, 31 Aug. 2025
• Jaundice is caused by a buildup of bilirubin, a substance the body makes when red blood cells break down.
  — Jen Christensen, CNN Money, 24 June 2026
• With this type of anemia, your iron levels become too low for your body to make enough red blood cells.
  — Alex Yampolsky, Verywell Health, 15 Apr. 2025
• Low iron levels cause the body to produce fewer and smaller red blood cells.
  — Merve Ceylan, Health, 28 Dec. 2025
• Iron is a mineral that's important for the health of your red blood cells.
  — Isabel Vasquez Rd Ldn, Health, 26 Nov. 2024
• Sickle cell targets red blood cells that carry oxygen to the body.
  — Angela Helm, The Root, 21 Oct. 2017
• When the body is deficient in iron, anemia or low red blood cell count can occur.
  — Delaney Nothaft, USA TODAY, 4 May 2023
• Mucins’ sugars are similar to the type-defining ones on red blood cells.
  — Elizabeth Pennisi, Science | AAAS, 10 June 2019
• This causes red blood cells to break down, leading to anemia and clots in the blood vessels.
  — Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 27 Mar. 2026
• This protein in red blood cells carries oxygen throughout your body.
  — Isabel Vasquez Rd Ldn, Health, 26 Dec. 2025
• Still, bilirubin goes up when red blood cells are destroyed at a higher-than-normal rate.
  — Lisa Sanders, M.d., New York Times, 18 Apr. 2018
• Your blood type depends on whether certain antigens are present on the surface of your red blood cells.
  — Suchandrima Bhowmik, Health, 14 Nov. 2025
• One microplastic can range from as large as a ladybug to as small as an eighth of a red blood cell.
  — Anne McNeil, The Conversation, 26 Mar. 2026
• Onions, garlic, and chives destroy red blood cells, leading to anemia.
  — Maria Azzurra Volpe, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Aug. 2025