erythrocyte

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The consequences of Prx2 oxidation for the erythrocyte are not well characterized, but mice deficient in this protein develop severe hemolytic anemia associated with Heinz body formation.

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  1. noun See red blood cell.

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  • They found that during the last stage of change from reticulocyte to erythrocyte, there was a sharp increase in the activity of the
  • I am quite prepared to detail what I would expect to see from those measurements for a specific conditions, and, in the case of a fairly general result such as the erythrocyte-related values showing, say, a microcytic anemia, what that might suggest and what the next round of more detailed tests would be. that is an explanation. —  Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en]
  • Rather, sed rate, also called the erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR), is used along with other tests to help physicians determine what might be causing inflammation in the body. —  Answerbag: Latest Questions in Question Categories
  • Ney's team studied this "greening" of the cell using the developing red blood cell, or erythrocyte, as a model system.
  • Experimental results on three-dimensional reconstruction of the single human blood cell (erythrocyte) are presented. —  CiteULike: Everyone's library
 

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  1. Greek ἐρυθρός, red, + κύτος, a hollow (a cell).
 

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/ɛˈrɪθrəsaɪt/
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