red blood cell
/ɹɛd blʌd sɛl/
red blood cell noun: a type of cell in the blood of vertebrates that contains hemoglobin and transports oxygen from the lungs to the tissues; an erythrocyte.
Noun
red blood cell (plural red blood cells)
- A type of cell in the blood of vertebrates that contains hemoglobin and transports oxygen from the lungs to the tissues; an erythrocyte.
- Synonyms:
- RBC, red cell, erythrocyte, haematid, red corpuscle
red blood cell meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Kannada
red blood cell in Hindi
- haemoglobin-carrying blood cell in vertebrates — see also erythrocyte
- रक्ताणु raktāṇu, लाल रक्त कोशिका lāl rakt kośikā
red blood cell in Tamil
- சிவப்பணு, சிவப்பு அணு
red blood cell in Marathi
- haemoglobin-carrying blood cell in vertebrates — see also erythrocyte
- लाल रक्तपेशी lāl raktapeśī
red blood cell in Kannada
- ಕೆಂಪು ರಕ್ತ ಕಣ, ಕೆಂಪು ನೆತ್ತರು ಕಣ, ಕೆನೆ ಕಣ
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- red blood cell in Gujarati
- રક્તકણ raktakaṇ
- red blood cell in Tagalog
- pulang sihay-dugo
- red blood cell in Arabic
- كُرَيَّةُ دَمٍ ُحَمْرَاء kurayyatu damin uḥamrāʔ, خَلِيَّةُ دَمٍ حَمْرَاءُ ḵaliyyatu damin ḥamrāʔu
- red blood cell in Indonesian
- sel darah merah
- red blood cell in Persian
- گویچهٔ قرمز guiče-ye qermez
- red blood cell in Thai
- เม็ดเลือดแดง mét-lʉ̂ʉat-dɛɛng
- red blood cell in Vietnamese
- hồng cầu, hồng huyết cầu
Synonyms of red blood cell
Forms of red blood cell
| plural | red blood cells |
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Questions about red blood cell
- What does red blood cell mean?
- Red blood cell means a type of cell in the blood of vertebrates that contains hemoglobin and transports oxygen from the lungs to the tissues; an erythrocyte.
- What is red blood cell in Hindi?
- Red blood cell in Hindi is रक्ताणु (raktāṇu), लाल रक्त कोशिका (lāl rakt kośikā). See Red blood cell meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is red blood cell?
- Red blood cell is a noun.
- How do you pronounce red blood cell?
- Red blood cell is pronounced /ɹɛd blʌd sɛl/ (US).
- What is the plural of red blood cell?
- The plural of red blood cell is red blood cells.
Words near red blood cell in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: red blood cell (page history and authors); red blood cell (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); red blood cell (Kannada 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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