blood cell

NOUN

blood corpuscle

Synonyms

STRONGEST

red blood cell white blood cell

WEAK

corpuscle erythrocyte hemocyte leukocyte red corpuscle white corpuscle

Example Sentences

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Folate is also important, especially for red blood cell formation and DNA production.

From Science Daily • Jun. 6, 2026

It is roughly equivalent to the amount of work needed to move a red blood cell upward by one nanometer in Earth's gravity.

From Science Daily • May 21, 2026

Over time, the glitches in individual cells add up; a single white blood cell from a 100-year-old, we learn, typically contains more than 3,000 mutations.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 20, 2026

He started chemotherapy soon after the February podcast was recorded and was getting white blood cell injections to help boost his immune system.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 2026

But what made a red blood cell acquire a sickle shape?

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee