red blood cells

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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The great test comes  when we find out whether I can go on producing red blood cells on my own.

Iron also is an extremely important mineral, for it is used in the building of red blood cells.

However, it takes weeks for the hemoglobin (the oxygen-bearing substance in the red blood cells) to be brought up to normal.

It contains fewer red blood-cells (about two-thirds to one-half the usual number).

You know red blood cells and serum have a distinct power of reducing photo-silver on plates when exposed to certain radiations.

Anemia is caused by an abnormal drop in either red blood cells or hemoglobin (the main constituent of red blood cells).

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