RBC

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does RBC mean? 

• RBC (noun)
  The noun RBC has 1 sense:

1. a mature blood cell that contains hemoglobin to carry oxygen to the bodily tissues; a biconcave disc that has no nucleus

  Familiarity information: RBC used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RBC (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A mature blood cell that contains hemoglobin to carry oxygen to the bodily tissues; a biconcave disc that has no nucleus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

erythrocyte; RBC; red blood cell

Hypernyms ("RBC" is a kind of...):

blood cell; blood corpuscle; corpuscle (either of two types of cells (erythrocytes and leukocytes) and sometimes including platelets)

Meronyms (substance of "RBC"):

haemoglobin; Hb; hemoglobin (a hemoprotein composed of globin and heme that gives red blood cells their characteristic color; function primarily to transport oxygen from the lungs to the body tissues)

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

macrocyte; megalocyte (abnormally large red blood cell (associated with pernicious anemia))

megaloblast (abnormally large red blood cell present in pernicious anemia and folic acid deficiency)

acanthocyte (an abnormal red blood cell that has thorny projections of protoplasm)

microcyte (an abnormally small red blood cell (less than 5 microns in diameter))

reticulocyte (an immature red blood cell containing a network of filaments or granules)

sickle cell (an abnormal red blood cell that has a crescent shape and an abnormal form of hemoglobin)

siderocyte (an abnormal red blood cell containing granules of iron not bound in hemoglobin)

spherocyte (an abnormal spherical red blood cell)

target cell (an abnormal red blood cell with the appearance of a dark ring surrounding a dark center; associated with anemia)

 Context examples 

Also called RBC and red blood cell.

(Erythrocyte, NCI Dictionary)

This suppresses excessive complement activity and may result in an inhibition of ACP-mediated hemolysis of paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria (PNH) red blood cells (RBCs) as well as preventing ACP-induced tissue damage.

(CR2-fH Fusion Protein TT30, NCI Thesaurus)

This agent is mainly used for ex vivo purposes, specifically for the inactivation of pathogens such as viruses, protozoa and bacteria in red blood cells (RBCs).

(Amustaline, NCI Thesaurus)

It is computed directly from the RBC histogram and is calculated as a standard statictical value, the coefficient of variation of the red cell volume ditribution (ratio of standard deviation and mean copuscular volume).

(Erythrocyte Distribution Width Measurement, NCI Thesaurus)