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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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

The path to chemotherapy began with a 1943 wartime disaster in Bari, Italy, where sailors exposed to mustard gas showed severely depleted white blood cell counts.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026

Inflammatory indicators included C-reactive protein, erythrocyte sedimentation rate, white blood cell count, and platelet count.

From Science Daily • Apr. 13, 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

Today’s white blood cell is yesterday’s creamed spinach.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan