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View synonyms for red corpuscle

red corpuscle

noun

  1. a red blood cell.


red corpuscle

noun

  1. another name for erythrocyte
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of red corpuscle1

First recorded in 1840–50
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Example Sentences

This is an expression which indicates the amount of hemoglobin in each red corpuscle compared with the normal amount.

A single platelet lying upon a red corpuscle may easily be mistaken for a malarial parasite (Plate VI).

The organism is an actively motile spiral thread, about four times the diameter of a red corpuscle in length.

It makes its way into a red corpuscle, where it appears as a small, pale "hyaline" body.

A plaque upon a red corpuscle is surrounded by a colorless zone rather than by a distinct blue body.

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