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red corpuscle

American  

noun

  1. a red blood cell.


red corpuscle British  

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

Etymology

Origin of red corpuscle

First recorded in 1840–50


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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

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

He had the red corpuscle, the deep convolution, and so was King.

From Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 06 Little Journeys to the Homes of Eminent Artists by Elbert Hubbard

The morning swims in the lagoon had thickened the red corpuscle.

From The Ragged Edge by Harold MacGrath

This red corpuscle was transmitted to us from the Stone Age, and the primordial pleasures alone resist enlightenment.

From Half a Rogue by Harold MacGrath

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