rbc

Other forms of rbc

plural

rbcs·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about rbc

What does rbc mean?

rbc means "a mature blood cell that contains hemoglobin to carry oxygen to the bodily tissues; a biconcave disc that has no nucleus".

How many syllables are in rbc?

rbc has 1 syllable: rbc.

What is another word for rbc?

Close synonyms include red blood cell, erythrocyte. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is rbc a common word?

rbc is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.