How to Use red blood cell in a Sentence

red blood cell

noun
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  • Over time, blood loss can lead to low red blood cell counts.
    — Karen Pallarito, Health, 5 Feb. 2023
  • Thus, the red blood cells are destroyed in cool areas, such as the skin.
    — Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 2 Aug. 2023
  • That means less room for healthy white blood cells, red blood cells, and platelets to form in the bone marrow.
    — Dana Hunsinger Benbow, Indianapolis Star, 11 Nov. 2019
  • Blood is made up of red blood cells, white blood cells, platelets and plasma.
    — Elizabeth Weise and Mark Johnson, USA TODAY, 2 Apr. 2020
  • Blood is composed of white and red blood cells, platelets and plasma.
    — Sarah Ravani, SFChronicle.com, 12 May 2020
  • The cells then die off early, leaving a lack of healthy red blood cells, or anemia.
    — WIRED, 16 Nov. 2023
  • And the cancer can cause the body to make too many red blood cells by increasing the production of EPO.
    — New York Times, 7 Oct. 2019
  • Colin’s abscess must have been too much for his red blood cells to handle.
    — Julia Michie Bruckner, Discover Magazine, 12 Mar. 2019
  • The mice were found to be free of the defect, which impacts how much oxygen is carried in red blood cells and leads to anemia.
    — Rebecca Lurye, courant.com, 29 June 2018
  • Bilirubin is a byproduct of red blood cells breaking down.
    — Risa Kerslake, Parents, 28 Aug. 2023
  • Lead is a neurotoxin that can damage the brain and kidneys and can affect the way the body makes red blood cells.
    — Dana Afana, Detroit Free Press, 10 May 2024
  • Lead is a neurotoxin that can damage the brain and kidneys and can affect the way the body makes red blood cells.
    — Kristen Jordan Shamus, Detroit Free Press, 2 Aug. 2023
  • Mucins’ sugars are similar to the type-defining ones on red blood cells.
    — Elizabeth Pennisi, Science | AAAS, 10 June 2019
  • The color came from a buildup of something known as bilirubin, a breakdown product of red blood cells.
    — Lisa Sanders, M.d., New York Times, 16 May 2023
  • After three or four months, their red blood cell count continued to grow.
    — Doug Johnson, Ars Technica, 14 Jan. 2022
  • When the body is deficient in iron, anemia or low red blood cell count can occur.
    — Delaney Nothaft, USA TODAY, 4 May 2023
  • Part algae, part red blood cell, these microrobots can travel to hard-to-reach tumors deep in the lungs.
    — Discover Magazine, 14 June 2024
  • Some of these molecules stick to red blood cells, including a handful of proteins that can rip the cells to shreds.
    — Katherine J. Wu, Smithsonian, 3 Dec. 2019
  • The calcium that our bones are made of and the iron that permeates every red blood cell in our bodies come from stars.
    — Priyamvada Natarajan, The New York Review of Books, 15 June 2021
  • Yet these proteins, along with red blood cells (RBCs), can make blood viscous and hard to circulate.
    — Priyanka Runwal, Scientific American, 30 Mar. 2020
  • Sickle cell is a disease that affects the shape of red blood cells, which transport oxygen throughout the body.
    — Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence, 11 Dec. 2023
  • To race up those mountains as a rider is to feel your lungs compress and your red blood cells leak oxygen and the lactic acid in your legs swell.
    — Michael Powell, New York Times, 23 July 2019
  • This can lead to the body producing red blood cells that are either too large or non functioning.
    — Allison Futterman, Discover Magazine, 16 Feb. 2024
  • Blood is drawn, usually from the client’s arm, then placed in a centrifuge in order to separate the plasma and the platelets from red blood cells.
    — Rebecca Jennings, Vox, 14 Sep. 2018
  • The illness causes the body’s red blood cells, usually disk-shaped, to take on a crescent or sickle shape.
    — Berkeley Lovelace Jr., NBC News, 31 Oct. 2023
  • Tubes connected to the heart from a rhythmic, speaker-like pump push warm red blood cells through its chambers.
    — Deborah Balthazar, STAT, 22 July 2024
  • The genetic disorder causes the body to make red blood cells that can’t carry iron.
    — Brittany Trang, STAT, 13 Dec. 2023
  • Your healthcare provider can run a blood test to check your hemoglobin levels, which is part of your red blood cells.
    — Hallie Levine, Health, 22 June 2023
  • Surprisingly, that top layer is thinner than the width of a red blood cell, according to the study.
    — Ashley Strickland, CNN, 26 July 2019
  • The tool measures the saturation of oxygen in the device wearer's red blood cells.
    — Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 15 Jan. 2024

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