red blood cell

US/ɹɛd blʌd sɛl/

noun

A type of cell in the blood of vertebrates that contains hemoglobin and transports oxygen from the lungs to the tissues; an erythrocyte.

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RBCred cellerythrocytehaematidred corpuscle
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Meanings

nounred blood cell (plural red blood cells)

plural red blood cells

  1. biologyA type of cell in the blood of vertebrates that contains hemoglobin and transports oxygen from the lungs to the tissues; an erythrocyte.

    Synonyms: RBC, red cell, erythrocyte, haematid, red corpuscle

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA type of cell in the blood of vertebrates that contains hemoglobin and transports oxygen from the lungs to the tissues; an erythrocyte.

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RBCred cellerythrocytehaematidred corpuscle

More synonyms by meaning

nouna mature blood cell that contains hemoglobin to carry oxygen to the bodily tissues; a biconcave disc that has no nucleus

Similar
RBCerythrocyte
Broader
blood cellblood corpusclecorpuscle
Also see
erythrocyte

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Arabic كُرَيَّةُ دَمٍ ُحَمْرَاء, خَلِيَّةُ دَمٍ حَمْرَاءُ
  • كُرَيَّةُ دَمٍ ُحَمْرَاء (kurayyatu damin uḥamrāʔ)haemoglobin-carrying blood cell in vertebrates — see also erythrocyte
  • خَلِيَّةُ دَمٍ حَمْرَاءُ (ḵaliyyatu damin ḥamrāʔu)haemoglobin-carrying blood cell in vertebrates — see also erythrocyte
Bulgarian червено кръвно телце
  • червено кръвно телце (červeno krăvno telce)haemoglobin-carrying blood cell in vertebrates — see also erythrocyte
Catalan hematia, glòbul vermell
  • hematiahaemoglobin-carrying blood cell in vertebrates — see also erythrocyte
  • glòbul vermellhaemoglobin-carrying blood cell in vertebrates — see also erythrocyte
Chinese Mandarin 紅細胞 /红细胞, 紅血球 /红血球
  • 紅細胞 /红细胞 (hóngxìbāo)haemoglobin-carrying blood cell in vertebrates — see also erythrocyte
  • 紅血球 /红血球 (hóngxuèqiú)haemoglobin-carrying blood cell in vertebrates — see also erythrocyte
Czech červená krvinka
  • červená krvinkahaemoglobin-carrying blood cell in vertebrates — see also erythrocyte
Danish rød blodcelle, rødt blodlegeme
  • rød blodcellehaemoglobin-carrying blood cell in vertebrates — see also erythrocyte
  • rødt blodlegemehaemoglobin-carrying blood cell in vertebrates — see also erythrocyte
Dutch rode bloedcel
  • rode bloedcelhaemoglobin-carrying blood cell in vertebrates — see also erythrocyte
Finnish punainen verisolu, punasolu
  • punainen verisoluhaemoglobin-carrying blood cell in vertebrates — see also erythrocyte
  • punasoluhaemoglobin-carrying blood cell in vertebrates — see also erythrocyte
French globule rouge, érythrocyte
  • globule rougehaemoglobin-carrying blood cell in vertebrates — see also erythrocyte
  • érythrocytehaemoglobin-carrying blood cell in vertebrates — see also erythrocyte
  • hématiehaemoglobin-carrying blood cell in vertebrates — see also erythrocyte
German rotes Blutkörperchen, rote Blutzelle
  • rotes Blutkörperchenhaemoglobin-carrying blood cell in vertebrates — see also erythrocyte
  • rote Blutzellehaemoglobin-carrying blood cell in vertebrates — see also erythrocyte
Greek ερυθρό αιμοσφαίριο, ερυθροκύτταρο
  • ερυθρό αιμοσφαίριο (erythró aimosfaírio)haemoglobin-carrying blood cell in vertebrates — see also erythrocyte
  • ερυθροκύτταρο (erythrokýttaro)haemoglobin-carrying blood cell in vertebrates — see also erythrocyte
Hebrew כַּדּוּרִית דָּם אֲדוּמָּה, תָּא דָּם אָדוֹם
  • כַּדּוּרִית דָּם אֲדוּמָּה (kaduít dam a'dumá)haemoglobin-carrying blood cell in vertebrates — see also erythrocyte
  • תָּא דָּם אָדוֹם (ta dam adom)haemoglobin-carrying blood cell in vertebrates — see also erythrocyte
  • אריתרוציטhaemoglobin-carrying blood cell in vertebrates — see also erythrocyte
Hindi रक्ताणु, लाल रक्त कोशिका
  • रक्ताणु (raktāṇu)haemoglobin-carrying blood cell in vertebrates — see also erythrocyte
  • लाल रक्त कोशिका (lāl rakt kośikā)haemoglobin-carrying blood cell in vertebrates — see also erythrocyte
Hungarian vörösvérsejt, vörösvértest
  • vörösvérsejthaemoglobin-carrying blood cell in vertebrates — see also erythrocyte
  • vörösvértesthaemoglobin-carrying blood cell in vertebrates — see also erythrocyte
Icelandic rautt blóðkorn, rauðkorn
  • rautt blóðkornhaemoglobin-carrying blood cell in vertebrates — see also erythrocyte
  • rauðkornhaemoglobin-carrying blood cell in vertebrates — see also erythrocyte
  • rauð blóðfrumahaemoglobin-carrying blood cell in vertebrates — see also erythrocyte
  • rauðfrumahaemoglobin-carrying blood cell in vertebrates — see also erythrocyte
Indonesian sel darah merah
  • sel darah merahhaemoglobin-carrying blood cell in vertebrates — see also erythrocyte
Irish fuilchill dhearg, eiritricít
  • fuilchill dhearghaemoglobin-carrying blood cell in vertebrates — see also erythrocyte
  • eiritricíthaemoglobin-carrying blood cell in vertebrates — see also erythrocyte
Italian globulo rosso, emazia
  • globulo rossohaemoglobin-carrying blood cell in vertebrates — see also erythrocyte
  • emaziahaemoglobin-carrying blood cell in vertebrates — see also erythrocyte
Japanese 赤血球
  • 赤血球 (sekkekkyū)haemoglobin-carrying blood cell in vertebrates — see also erythrocyte
Korean 적혈구
  • 적혈구 (jeokhyeolgu)haemoglobin-carrying blood cell in vertebrates — see also erythrocyte
Māori pūtau-toto-whero
  • pūtau-toto-wherohaemoglobin-carrying blood cell in vertebrates — see also erythrocyte
Persian گویچهٔ قرمز
  • گویچهٔ قرمز (guiče-ye qermez)haemoglobin-carrying blood cell in vertebrates — see also erythrocyte
Polish czerwona krwinka
  • czerwona krwinkahaemoglobin-carrying blood cell in vertebrates — see also erythrocyte
Portuguese glóbulo vermelho, célula vermelha
  • glóbulo vermelhohaemoglobin-carrying blood cell in vertebrates — see also erythrocyte
  • célula vermelhahaemoglobin-carrying blood cell in vertebrates — see also erythrocyte
  • hemáciahaemoglobin-carrying blood cell in vertebrates — see also erythrocyte
Romanian hematie, globulă roșie
  • hematiehaemoglobin-carrying blood cell in vertebrates — see also erythrocyte
  • globulă roșiehaemoglobin-carrying blood cell in vertebrates — see also erythrocyte
Russian кра́сная кровяна́я кле́тка
  • кра́сная кровяна́я кле́тка (krásnaja krovjanája klétka)haemoglobin-carrying blood cell in vertebrates — see also erythrocyte
Spanish hematíe, glóbulo rojo
  • hematíehaemoglobin-carrying blood cell in vertebrates — see also erythrocyte
  • glóbulo rojohaemoglobin-carrying blood cell in vertebrates — see also erythrocyte
Swahili seli nyekundu ya damu
  • seli nyekundu ya damuhaemoglobin-carrying blood cell in vertebrates — see also erythrocyte
Swedish röd blodkropp
  • röd blodkropphaemoglobin-carrying blood cell in vertebrates — see also erythrocyte
Tagalog pulang sihay-dugo
  • pulang sihay-dugohaemoglobin-carrying blood cell in vertebrates — see also erythrocyte
Thai เม็ดเลือดแดง
  • เม็ดเลือดแดง (mét-lʉ̂ʉat-dɛɛng)haemoglobin-carrying blood cell in vertebrates — see also erythrocyte
Turkish alyuvar
  • alyuvarhaemoglobin-carrying blood cell in vertebrates — see also erythrocyte
Ukrainian червонокрі́вець
  • червонокрі́вець (červonokrívecʹ)haemoglobin-carrying blood cell in vertebrates — see also erythrocyte
Vietnamese hồng cầu, hồng huyết cầu
  • hồng cầuhaemoglobin-carrying blood cell in vertebrates — see also erythrocyte
  • hồng huyết cầuhaemoglobin-carrying blood cell in vertebrates — see also erythrocyte
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Chicago

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