erythrocyte

erythrocyte
An anucleate cell in the blood involved with the transport of oxygen. Also called a red blood cell because of the red coloring of hemoglobin.

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  • érythrocyte — [ eritrɔsit ] n. m. • 1897; de érythro et cyte ♦ Biol. Globule rouge du sang. ⇒ hématie. Adj. ÉRYTHROCYTAIRE . ● érythrocyte nom masculin Synonyme de hématie. érythrocyte n. m. BIOL Globule rouge (ou hématie) …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Erythrocyte — Érythrocyte Erythrocytes L étude des globules rouges permet …   Wikipédia en Français

  • erythrocyte — erythrocyte. См. эритроцит. (Источник: «Англо русский толковый словарь генетических терминов». Арефьев В.А., Лисовенко Л.А., Москва: Изд во ВНИРО, 1995 г.) …   Молекулярная биология и генетика. Толковый словарь.

  • erythrocyte — ► NOUN ▪ a red blood cell, containing the pigment haemoglobin and transporting oxygen to the tissues …   English terms dictionary

  • erythrocyte — [e rith′rō sīt΄] n. [ ERYTHRO + CYTE] a mature red colored blood cell that normally does not have a nucleus; red blood cell: it is a very small, circular disk with both faces concave, and contains hemoglobin, which carries oxygen to the body… …   English World dictionary

  • erythrocyte — erythrocytic /i rith reuh sit ik/, adj. /i rith reuh suyt /, n. Physiol. See red blood cell. [1890 95; ERYTHRO + CYTE] * * * or red blood cell or red blood corpuscle Blood cell that carries oxygen from the lungs to the body tissues. Hemoglobin… …   Universalium

  • Érythrocyte — Érythrocytes L érythrocyte (du grec erythros : rouge et kutos : cellule), ou hématie, plus communément appelé globule rouge, fait partie des éléments figurés du sang. Chez les mammifères, c est une cellule anuclée (dépourvue de noyau… …   Wikipédia en Français

  • erythrocyte — A mature red blood cell. SYN: red blood cell, red corpuscle. [erythro + G. kytos, cell] * * * eryth·ro·cyte i rith rə .sīt n RED BLOOD CELL eryth·ro·cyt·ic .rith rə sit ik …   Medical dictionary

  • erythrocyte — red blood cell; n. a blood cell containing the red pigment haemoglobin, the principal function of which is the transport of oxygen. A mature erythrocyte has no nucleus and its shape is that of a biconcave disc, approximately 7 μm in diameter.… …   The new mediacal dictionary

  • Erythrocyte sedimentation rate — Diagnostics A rack of ESR tubes. MeSH …   Wikipedia

  • Erythrocyte rosetting — or e rosetting is a phenomenon that can be seen through a microscope: it consists of red blood cells (erythrocytes) arranging themselves around a central cell so that the entire cluster looks more or less like a flower with the central cell… …   Wikipedia

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