red corpuscle
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of red corpuscle
First recorded in 1840–50
Example Sentences
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In the slender person of James Franciscus, schoolteacher star of TV's Mr. Novak, Youngblood's red corpuscle count seems low.
From Time Magazine Archive
It is only because there are 280 million hemoglobin molecules in each red corpuscle that the blood has sufficient oxygen-carrying capacity for human respiration.
From Time Magazine Archive
This red corpuscle was transmitted to us from the Stone Age, and the primordial pleasures alone resist enlightenment.
From Half a Rogue by MacGrath, Harold
Good healthy egotism in literature is the red corpuscle that makes the thing live.
From Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 06 Little Journeys to the Homes of Eminent Artists by Hubbard, Elbert
There is personality in it; it reveals the red corpuscle; and tells without question that there is a man behind the guns.
From Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 05 Little Journeys to the Homes of English Authors by Hubbard, Elbert
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