All blood cell synonyms
blood cell
B b noun blood cell
- red blood cell — Physiology. one of the cells of the blood, which in mammals are enucleate disks concave on both sides, contain hemoglobin, and carry oxygen to the cells and tissues and carbon dioxide back to the respiratory organs. Abbreviation: RBC.
- white blood cell — any of various nearly colorless cells of the immune system that circulate mainly in the blood and lymph and participate in reactions to invading microorganisms or foreign particles, comprising the B cells, T cells, macrophages, monocytes, and granulocytes.
- corpuscle — Corpuscles are red or white blood cells.
- hemocyte — a blood cell.
- leukocyte — white blood cell.
- red corpuscle — a red blood cell.
- white corpuscle — white blood cell.