Meanings
nounblood cell (plural blood cells)
plural blood cells · alternative blood-cell
- biologyAny of the cells normally found in blood, namely erythrocytes and leukocytes, sometimes including the platelets.
Synonyms: blood corpuscle, hemocyte
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAny of the cells normally found in blood, namely erythrocytes and leukocytes, sometimes including the platelets.
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nouneither of two types of cells (erythrocytes and leukocytes) and sometimes including platelets
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Translations
Arabic خَلِيَّة دَم, خَلِيَّة دَمَوِيَّة
- خَلِيَّة دَم (ḵaliyyat dam)any of the cells normally found in the blood
- خَلِيَّة دَمَوِيَّة (ḵaliyya damawiyya)any of the cells normally found in the blood
Bulgarian кръ́вно телце́
- кръ́вно телце́ (krắvno telcé)any of the cells normally found in the blood
Catalan cèl·lula sanguínia
- cèl·lula sanguíniaany of the cells normally found in the blood
Chinese Mandarin 血細胞 /血细胞, 血球
- 血細胞 /血细胞 (xuèxìbāo)any of the cells normally found in the blood
- 血球 (xuèqiú)any of the cells normally found in the blood
Czech krvinka
- krvinkaany of the cells normally found in the blood
Danish blodcelle, blodlegeme
- blodcelleany of the cells normally found in the blood
- blodlegemeany of the cells normally found in the blood
Dutch bloedcel
- bloedcelany of the cells normally found in the blood
Finnish verisolu
- verisoluany of the cells normally found in the blood
French cellule sanguine, globule
- cellule sanguineany of the cells normally found in the blood
- globuleany of the cells normally found in the blood
German Blutkörperchen
- Blutkörperchenany of the cells normally found in the blood
Hindi रक्त कोशिका
- रक्त कोशिका (rakt kośikā)any of the cells normally found in the blood
Hungarian vérsejt, vértest
- vérsejtany of the cells normally found in the blood
- vértestany of the cells normally found in the blood
Icelandic blóðkorn, blóðfruma
- blóðkornany of the cells normally found in the blood
- blóðfrumaany of the cells normally found in the blood
Irish fuilchill, cill fola
- fuilchillany of the cells normally found in the blood
- cill folaany of the cells normally found in the blood
- coirpín folaany of the cells normally found in the blood
- fuilchoirpínany of the cells normally found in the blood
Japanese 血球
- 血球 (kekkyū)any of the cells normally found in the blood
Korean 혈구
- 혈구 (hyeolgu)any of the cells normally found in the blood
Māori pūtau toto
- pūtau totoany of the cells normally found in the blood
Norwegian Bokmål blodcelle, blodlegeme
- blodcelleany of the cells normally found in the blood
- blodlegemeany of the cells normally found in the blood
Polish krwinka
- krwinkaany of the cells normally found in the blood
Portuguese célula sanguínea
- célula sanguíneaany of the cells normally found in the blood
Russian кровяна́я кле́тка, гематоци́т
- кровяна́я кле́тка (krovjanája klétka)any of the cells normally found in the blood
- гематоци́т (gematocít)any of the cells normally found in the blood
Slovak krvinka
- krvinkaany of the cells normally found in the blood
Spanish glóbulo
- glóbuloany of the cells normally found in the blood
Swahili seli ya damu
- seli ya damuany of the cells normally found in the blood
Swedish blodkropp
- blodkroppany of the cells normally found in the blood
Ukrainian кров'яне́ тільце́
- кров'яне́ тільце́ (krovʺjané tilʹcé)any of the cells normally found in the blood
Vietnamese tế bào máu
- tế bào máuany of the cells normally found in the blood
Welsh cell waed
- cell waedany of the cells normally found in the blood
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APA
blood cell. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/blood%20cell
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“blood cell.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/blood%20cell. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “blood cell,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/blood%20cell.
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