red blood cell

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Noun

red blood cell (plural red blood cells)

1. (hematology, cytology) A type of cell in the blood of vertebrates that contains hemoglobin and transports oxygen from the lungs to the tissues; an erythrocyte.

Synonyms

• erythrocyte

Translations

haemoglobin-carrying blood cell in vertebrates

• Czech: červená krvinka (cs) f
• Dutch: rode bloedcel (nl) f and m, erytrocyt (nl) m
• Finnish: punasolu (fi)
• French: globule rouge (fr) m
• German: rotes Blutkörperchen (de) n, rote Blutzelle (de) f
• Greek: ερυθρό αιμοσφαίριο (el) (erythró aimosfaírio) n

• Hungarian: vörösvérsejt (hu)
• Icelandic: rautt blóðkorn (is) n, rauðkorn (is) n, rauð blóðfruma (is) f, rauðfruma (is) f
• Irish: fuilchill dhearg (ga) f, eiritricít (ga) f
• Italian: globulo rosso (it) m, emazia (it) f, eritrocita (it) m, eritrocito (it) m
• Japanese: 赤血球 (せっけっきゅう, sekkekkyū)
• Turkish: alyuvar (tr), eritrosit (tr)