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erythrocyte

[ih-rith-ruh-sahyt] / ɪˈrɪθ rəˌsaɪt /


NOUN
red blood cell
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The principal job of an erythrocyte is to carry and deliver oxygen to the tissues.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

Your summary has revealed some similarities and differences among vertebrate erythrocyte and circulatory system structures.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

As the erythrocyte clumps are degraded, in a process called hemolysis, their hemoglobin is released into the bloodstream.

From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013

Interstitial fibroblasts within the kidney secrete EPO, thereby increasing erythrocyte production and restoring oxygen levels.

From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013

The authors who support this view and also describe it as the only kind of erythrocyte formation are chiefly Kölliker and E. Neumann.

From Histology of the Blood Normal and Pathological by Myers, W.