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Without the blood cells, the remaining plasma is straw-colored and slightly cloudy.
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Gagandeep Brar, Verywell Health, 15 Aug. 2024
Once a healthcare provider collects your blood, the blood sample will be sent to a laboratory where an expert evaluates your blood cells under a microscope.
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Suchandrima Bhowmik, Health, 3 Aug. 2024
Specifically, erythritol made a type of blood cell known as platelets more active, raising the risk of blood clots.
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Korin Miller, Verywell Health, 15 Aug. 2024
Our body contains about 40 trillion cells and in each one the genes are expressing themselves in a distinct way (a blood cell makes different proteins than a liver cell than a lung cell).
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Fyodor Urnov, TIME, 12 Aug. 2024
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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 11 Sep. 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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