red cell

noun

1. a red blood cell.

Word History and Origins

Origin of red cell¹

First recorded in 1880–85

Example Sentences

“For athletes who don’t want to cheat, altitude training is one of the unique ways to enhance a training response and improve the blood volume and red cell mass in particular,” said Dr. Benjamin Levine, professor of internal medicine at UT Southwestern and director of Texas Health Dallas’ Institute for Exercise and Environmental Medicine.

From Los Angeles Times

"Which is not typical of metabolic processes as they are typically carried out within the parasite. Why did the parasite find it useful to put one of these enzymes into the host? We have some ideas that that could be involved in host modification, which could be that the parasite remodels the red cell once it's once it's set up shop."

From Science Daily

"Twenty years ago I had leukaemia, and I suppose leukaemia and bone marrow cancer, and I received numerous red cell and platelet transfusions during my treatment," he said.

From BBC

The analysis conducted by the F.B.I., an exercise often known as a “red cell,” was included in the select committee’s investigation examining structural failures at the bureau and the Homeland Security Department.

From New York Times

The unclassified “red cell” analysis — dated Oct.

From New York Times