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This mineral carries oxygen in the red blood cells to help the body produce energy.
—Rachel Meltzer Warren, M.s., Parents, 13 Dec. 2023
The antibodies direct the viral particle to structures found on specific types of blood cells, thus improving the vehicle's precision.
—William A. Haseltine, Forbes, 14 Feb. 2024
The heroic task of constantly replenishing these ranks, and making sure the balance of different types of blood cells is right, falls to a primitive reserve of stem cells that reside deep in the bone marrow.
—Megan Molteni, STAT, 22 Jan. 2024
Conventional methods dictate that the cells must be activated, fitted with synthetic receptors, multiplied and returned to the immunosuppressed patient to wipe out their cancerous blood cells.
—William A. Haseltine, Forbes, 14 Feb. 2024
Lupus is an autoimmune disease that can cause inflammation in many different body systems — including joints, skin, kidneys, blood cells, brain, heart and lungs, according to the Mayo Clinic.
—Carlos De Loera, Los Angeles Times, 18 Jan. 2024
Because hemoglobin in the red blood cells absorbs visible light, Richards-Kortum’s team developed a fiber-optic probe that can produce images of the underlying network of new vessels.
—IEEE Spectrum, 8 Jan. 2024
That shape can cause blood cells to clump together, blocking blood flow and depriving tissues of oxygen, said Dr. Cecelia Calhoun, a hematologist-oncologist and the medical director of the Adult Sickle Cell Program at Smilow Cancer Hospital at the Yale New Haven Health System in Connecticut.
—Claretta Bellamy, NBC News, 7 Dec. 2023
In 1948, pediatrician Janet Watson noticed that children with sickle cell disease had normal blood cells as infants, but that the cells became sickled around six months.
—Emily Mullin, WIRED, 19 Dec. 2023
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Word History
First Known Use
1834, in the meaning defined above
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“Blood cell.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/blood%20cell. Accessed 19 Mar. 2024.
Kids Definition
blood cell
noun
: a cell normally present in blood
Medical Definition
blood cell
noun
: a cell or platelet normally present in blood see red blood cell, white blood cell
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