Medical Dictionary
red blood cell
noun
Medical 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; compare white blood cell
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