erythrocyte
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"Circulating erythrocytes outnumber circulating leukocytes by approximately a thousand to one and comprise 84% of all somatic cells in the body," Tishkoff explains.
From Science Daily • May 2, 2024
"The telomere length reserves of the hematopoietic system are, thus, principally spent on building and maintaining the massive pool of about 25 trillion erythrocytes in the average human adult."
From Science Daily • May 2, 2024
P. falciparum causes malaria while replicating in host erythrocytes, or red blood cells, and relies on scavenging rather than synthesis, or the creation of compounds, to satisfy its need for fatty acids.
From Science Daily • Feb. 13, 2024
Sheep erythrocytes are even smaller at 4.6 um.
From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022
The appearance of the erythrocytes which shew polychromatophilia in the highest degree.
From Histology of the Blood Normal and Pathological by Myers, W.
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