red blood cells

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1. The disk-shaped cells in the blood that contain hemoglobin. The red blood cells supply oxygen to all body cells and remove the carbon dioxide wastes that result from metabolism.

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Example Sentences

Earlier research found that ultramarathon runners often experience a breakdown of healthy red blood cells during races, which can potentially lead to anemia.

From Science Daily

In findings published in Cell Metabolism, the team demonstrated that red blood cells can alter their metabolism when oxygen levels drop.

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Avian malaria attacks red blood cells, which can lead to anemia, organ failure, lower survival rates and, in some species, death.

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Rather than pristine red blood cells, some of them have been tainted with black markings.

From BBC

A new study from Karolinska Institutet, published in the journal Diabetes, suggests that changes in red blood cells may help explain this growing danger.

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