blood cell

Noun

Meaning

either of two types of cells (erythrocytes and leukocytes) and sometimes including platelets

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blood-cell

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So what used to fit in a building now fits in your pocket, what fits in your pocket now will fit inside a blood cell in 25 years. Ray Kurzweil

Additionally, red blood cell surface antigens other than A, B and Rh D, might cause adverse reactions and sensitization, if they can bind to the corresponding antibodies to generate an immune response. Source: Internet

Additionally, the diseases are subdivided according to which kind of blood cell is affected. Source: Internet

Capillaries have no smooth muscle surrounding them and have a diameter less than that of red blood cells ; a red blood cell is typically 7 micrometers outside diameter, capillaries typically 5 micrometers inside diameter. Source: Internet

Abnormal blood cell shapes and children born with polycythemia (a disease in which the proportion of blood volume made up of RBCs increases) can create an overload of RBCs to be processed. Source: Internet

Cells further A scanning electron microscope (SEM) image of a normal red blood cell (left), a platelet (middle), and a white blood cell (right). Source: Internet

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