| NOUN | body | blood cell, blood corpuscle, corpuscle | either of two types of cells (erythrocytes and leukocytes) and sometimes including platelets |
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| Meaning | Either of two types of cells (erythrocytes and leukocytes) and sometimes including platelets. | |
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| Synonyms | blood corpuscle, corpuscle | |
| Part of | blood | The fluid (red in vertebrates) that is pumped through the body by the heart and contains plasma, blood cells, and platelets |
| Narrower | leukocyte, leucocyte, white blood cell, white cell, white blood corpuscle, white corpuscle, WBC | blood cells that engulf and digest bacteria and fungi |
| packed cells | A preparation of blood cells separated from the liquid plasma | |
| red blood cell, RBC, erythrocyte | A mature blood cell that contains hemoglobin to carry oxygen to the bodily tissues | |
| Broader | somatic cell, vegetative cell | Any of the cells of a plant or animal except the reproductive cells |
| Spanish | célula sanguínea, corpúsculo, glóbulo | |
| Catalan | cèl·lula sanguínia, corpuscle, glòbul | |
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