red blood cell

Noun
  1. A mature blood cell that contains hemoglobin to carry oxygen to the bodily tissues;
    A biconcave disc that has no nucleus (synset 105461646)
    is a type of: blood cell, blood corpuscle, corpuscle - either of two types of cells (erythrocytes and leukocytes) and sometimes including platelets
    subtypes:
    • macrocyte, megalocyte - abnormally large red blood cell (associated with pernicious anemia)
    • megaloblast - abnormally large red blood cell present in pernicious anemia and folic acid deficiency
    • acanthocyte - an abnormal red blood cell that has thorny projections of protoplasm
    • microcyte - an abnormally small red blood cell (less than 5 microns in diameter)
    • reticulocyte - an immature red blood cell containing a network of filaments or granules
    • sickle cell - an abnormal red blood cell that has a crescent shape and an abnormal form of hemoglobin
    • siderocyte - an abnormal red blood cell containing granules of iron not bound in hemoglobin
    • spherocyte - an abnormal spherical red blood cell
    • target cell - an abnormal red blood cell with the appearance of a dark ring surrounding a dark center; associated with anemia
    substance holonym: haemoglobin, hb, hemoglobin - a hemoprotein composed of globin and heme that gives red blood cells their characteristic color; function primarily to transport oxygen from the lungs to the body tissues
    same as: erythrocyte, rbc

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