red ˈblood cell
11Red blood cell distribution width — The red blood cell distribution width, or RDW, is a measure of the variation of red blood cell width that is reported as part of a standard complete blood count. Usually red blood cells are a standard size of about 6 8μm. Certain disorders,… …
12Red Blood Cell Distribution Width — Die Erythrozytenverteilungsbreite (EVB), die auch im deutschsprachigen Raum oft mit der englischsprachigen Abkürzung RDW (Red Blood Cell Distribution Width) bezeichnet wird, ist ein Parameter, der in der Laboratoriumsmedizin im Rahmen eines… …
13red blood cell — noun Date: 1910 any of the hemoglobin containing cells that carry oxygen to the tissues and are responsible for the red color of vertebrate blood called also erythrocyte, red blood corpuscle, red cell, red corpuscle …
14red blood cell — noun a mature blood cell that contains hemoglobin to carry oxygen to the bodily tissues; a biconcave disc that has no nucleus (Freq. 5) • Syn: ↑RBC, ↑erythrocyte • Hypernyms: ↑blood cell, ↑blood corpuscle, ↑corpuscle …
15red blood cell — Physiol. one of the cells of the blood, which in mammals are enucleate disks concave on both sides, contain hemoglobin, and carry oxygen to the cells and tissues and carbon dioxide back to the respiratory organs. Also called erythrocyte, red cell …
16red blood cell — also red cor.pus.cle noun (C) one of the cells in your blood that carry oxygen to every part of your body compare white blood cell …
17red blood cell cast — red cell cast a hyaline cast that contains red blood cells, signifying bleeding in the renal glomerulus, such as occurs in glomerulonephritis …
18red blood cell — cell which carries hemoglobin and carries most of the oxygen in the blood …
19red blood cell cast — noun A matrix of decomposing red blood cells found in the urine as a symptom of glomerular disease …
20red 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. Syn: erythrocyte …
