BLOOD CELL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does blood cell mean? 

• BLOOD CELL (noun)
  The noun BLOOD CELL has 1 sense:

1. either of two types of cells (erythrocytes and leukocytes) and sometimes including platelets

  Familiarity information: BLOOD CELL used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BLOOD CELL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Either of two types of cells (erythrocytes and leukocytes) and sometimes including platelets

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

blood cell; blood corpuscle; corpuscle

Hypernyms ("blood cell" is a kind of...):

somatic cell; vegetative cell (any of the cells of a plant or animal except the reproductive cells; a cell that does not participate in the production of gametes)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "blood cell"):

leucocyte; leukocyte; WBC; white blood cell; white blood corpuscle; white cell; white corpuscle (blood cells that engulf and digest bacteria and fungi; an important part of the body's defense system)

packed cells (a preparation of blood cells separated from the liquid plasma)

erythrocyte; RBC; red blood cell (a mature blood cell that contains hemoglobin to carry oxygen to the bodily tissues; a biconcave disc that has no nucleus)

Holonyms ("blood cell" is a part of...):

blood (the fluid (red in vertebrates) that is pumped through the body by the heart and contains plasma, blood cells, and platelets)

 Context examples 

It is a form of erythropoietin (a substance produced in the kidneys that stimulates the production of red blood cells) that has been changed in the laboratory.

(Methoxy Polyethylene Glycol-Epoetin beta, NCI Dictionary)

MEPACT activates certain types of white blood cells and helps the immune system kill cancer cells.

(MEPACT, NCI Dictionary)

It is marked by lymphocytes (a type of white blood cell) in and around the tumor that can be seen when viewed under a microscope.

(Medullary breast carcinoma, NCI Dictionary)

A type of white blood cell.

(Agranulocyte, NCI Dictionary)

One of a group of proteins found on the surface of white blood cells and other cells that play an important part in the body's immune response to foreign substances.

(MHC Class II Protein, NCI Dictionary)

Mifamurtide activates certain types of white blood cells and helps the immune system kill cancer cells.

(Mifamurtide, NCI Dictionary)

Multiple myeloma is a cancer that begins in plasma cells, a type of white blood cell.

(Multiple Myeloma, NIH: National Cancer Institute)

A monocyte is a type of white blood cell and a type of phagocyte.

(Monocyte, NCI Dictionary)

MLN1202 binds to a protein called CCR2, which is found on the surface of certain bone cells, white blood cells, and cancer cells.

(MLN1202, NCI Dictionary)

A type of immune reaction in which a target cell or microbe is coated with antibodies and killed by certain types of white blood cells.

(ADCC, NCI Dictionary)