blood cell
/ˈblʌd ˌsɛl/
blood cell noun: any of the cells normally found in blood, namely erythrocytes and leukocytes, sometimes including the platelets.
Noun
blood cell (plural blood cells)
- Any of the cells normally found in blood, namely erythrocytes and leukocytes, sometimes including the platelets.
- Synonyms:
- blood corpuscle, hemocyte
blood cell meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Bengali
blood cell in Hindi
- any of the cells normally found in the blood
- रक्त कोशिका rakt kośikā
blood cell in Tamil
- குருதிக் கலம்
blood cell in Marathi
- blood cell
- रक्तपेशी raktapeśī
blood cell in Bengali
- রক্তকণিকা
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- blood cell in Telugu
- రక్తకణము raktakaṇamu
- blood cell in Arabic
- خَلِيَّة دَم ḵaliyyat dam, خَلِيَّة دَمَوِيَّة ḵaliyya damawiyya
- blood cell in Vietnamese
- tế bào máu
Synonyms of blood cell
Forms of blood cell
| plural | blood cells |
|---|---|
| alternative form | blood-cell |
Questions about blood cell
- What does blood cell mean?
- Blood cell means any of the cells normally found in blood, namely erythrocytes and leukocytes, sometimes including the platelets.
- What is blood cell in Hindi?
- Blood cell in Hindi is रक्त कोशिका (rakt kośikā). See Blood cell meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is blood cell?
- Blood cell is a noun.
- How do you pronounce blood cell?
- Blood cell is pronounced /ˈblʌd ˌsɛl/ (US).
- What is the plural of blood cell?
- The plural of blood cell is blood cells.
Words near blood cell in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: blood cell (page history and authors); blood cell (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); रक्तपेशी (Marathi) (page history and authors); blood cell (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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