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English noun: erythrocyte

1. erythrocyte (body) a mature blood cell that contains hemoglobin to carry oxygen to the bodily tissues; a biconcave disc that has no nucleus


SynonymsRBC, red blood cell


Broader (hypernym)blood cell, blood corpuscle, corpuscle


Narrower (hyponym)acanthocyte, macrocyte, megaloblast, megalocyte, microcyte, reticulocyte, sickle cell, siderocyte, spherocyte, target cell


Substance holonymhaemoglobin, Hb, hemoglobin









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