blood cell
Noun
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Either of two types of cells (erythrocytes and leukocytes) and sometimes including platelets (synset 105456844)
is a type of: somatic cell, vegetative cell - any of the cells of a plant or animal except the reproductive cells; a cell that does not participate in the production of gametessubtypes:
- leucocyte, leukocyte, wbc, white blood cell, white blood corpuscle, white cell, white corpuscle - blood cells that engulf and digest bacteria and fungi; an important part of the body's defense system
- packed cells - a preparation of blood cells separated from the liquid plasma
- erythrocyte, rbc, red blood cell - a mature blood cell that contains hemoglobin to carry oxygen to the bodily tissues; a biconcave disc that has no nucleus
is a part of: blood - the fluid (red in vertebrates) that is pumped through the body by the heart and contains plasma, blood cells, and plateletssame as: blood corpuscle, corpuscle
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