noun
either of two types of cells (erythrocytes and leukocytes) and sometimes including platelets
• Syn: ↑blood corpuscle, ↑corpuscle
• Derivationally related forms: ↑corpuscular (for: ↑corpuscle)
• Hypernyms: ↑somatic cell, ↑vegetative cell
• Hyponyms:
↑leukocyte, ↑leucocyte, ↑white blood cell, ↑white cell, ↑white blood corpuscle, ↑white corpuscle, ↑WBC, ↑packed cells, ↑red blood cell, ↑RBC, ↑erythrocyte
• Part Holonyms: ↑blood
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noun : any cell present in blood (as a leukocyte) : hemocyte
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any of the cellular elements of the blood, as white blood cells or red blood cells. Also called blood corpuscle.
[1840-50]
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blood cell noun
Any of the cells that circulate in the blood
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Main Entry: ↑blood
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blood cell,
a corpuscle or a platelet contained in blood.
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n. any of the kinds of cell normally found circulating in the blood
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noun, pl ⋯ cells [count]
: a cell that is normally present in blood — see also ↑red blood cell, ↑white blood cell
Useful english dictionary. 2012.