red blood cell

1. 1.

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

   SynonymsRBCerythrocyte

   Broaderblood cell

   Narrowermegalocytemegaloblastacanthocytemicrocytereticulocytesickle cellsiderocytespherocytetarget cell

Questions about red blood cell

What does red blood cell mean?

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

What is another word for red blood cell?

Close synonyms include RBC, 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 red blood cell a common word?

red blood cell 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.