erythrocyte

n. 红血球 [医] 红细胞

发音

US /əˈɹɪθɹəˌsaɪt/

词形变化

erythrocytes 复数 erythrocytes

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A hemoglobin-containing cell, especially as found in humans but more generally present in the blood of most vertebrates, that is involved with the transport of oxygen; such cells are usually anucleate in humans and many other animals.

    生物 医学

词汇关系

名词

同义词 2

RBC red blood cell

上位词 3

blood cell blood corpuscle corpuscle

下位词 10

acanthocyte macrocyte megaloblast megalocyte microcyte reticulocyte sickle cell siderocyte spherocyte target cell

部分词 3

hemoglobin haemoglobin HB

相关短语

erythrocyte sedimentation rate 红细胞沉降率 erythrocyte sedimentation rates

词源

From erythro- (“red”) + -cyte (“cell”), referring to the red color of hemoglobin when oxygen is bound to it.

来源：wiktionary