red blood cell

1. (noun) a mature blood cell that contains hemoglobin to carry oxygen to the bodily tissues; a biconcave disc that has no nucleus
Synonyms: erythrocyte
Related Words: acanthocyte, blood cell, blood corpuscle, corpuscle, macrocyte, megaloblast, megalocyte, microcyte, sickle cell, siderocyte, spherocyte



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