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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
