"red blood cell" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: red blood cells [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|head=red blood cell}} red blood cell (plural red blood cells)
  1. (hematology, cytology) A type of cell in the blood of vertebrates that contains hemoglobin and transports oxygen from the lungs to the tissues; an erythrocyte. Wikipedia link: red blood cell Categories (topical): Blood, Cytology, Hematology Synonyms: RBC [initialism], red cell, erythrocyte, haematid [rare], red corpuscle Translations (haemoglobin-carrying blood cell in vertebrates): كُرَيَّةُ دَمٍ حَمْرَاء (kurayyatu damin ḥamrāʔ) [feminine] (Arabic), eritrocitu [masculine] (Asturian), hematí [masculine] (Asturian), eritròcit [masculine] (Catalan), hematia [feminine] (Catalan), glòbul vermell [masculine] (Catalan), 紅細胞 (Chinese Mandarin), 红细胞 (hóngxìbāo) (Chinese Mandarin), 紅血球 (Chinese Mandarin), 红血球 (hóngxuèqiú) (Chinese Mandarin), červená krvinka [feminine] (Czech), erytrocyt [masculine] (Czech), rød blodcelle [common-gender] (Danish), rødt blodlegeme [neuter] (Danish), erytrocyt [common-gender] (Danish), rode bloedcel [feminine, masculine] (Dutch), erytrocyt [masculine] (Dutch), eritrocito (Esperanto), reytt blóðkorn [neuter] (Faroese), punasolu (Finnish), globule rouge [masculine] (French), érythrocyte [masculine] (French), hématie (French), rotes Blutkörperchen [neuter] (German), rote Blutzelle [feminine] (German), Erythrozyt [masculine] (German), ερυθρό αιμοσφαίριο (erythró aimosfaírio) [neuter] (Greek), ερυθροκύτταρο (erythrokýttaro) [neuter] (Greek), રક્તકણ (raktakaṇ) (Gujarati), כַּדּוּרִית דָּם אֲדוּמָּה (kaduít dam a'dumá) [feminine] (Hebrew), תָּא דָּם אָדוֹם (ta dam adom) [masculine] (Hebrew), אריתרוציט [masculine] (Hebrew), रक्ताणु (raktāṇu) [masculine] (Hindi), vörösvérsejt (Hungarian), eritrocita (Hungarian), vörösvértest (Hungarian), rautt blóðkorn [neuter] (Icelandic), rauðkorn [neuter] (Icelandic), rauð blóðfruma [feminine] (Icelandic), rauðfruma [feminine] (Icelandic), eritrocito (Ido), eritrosit (Indonesian), sel darah merah (Indonesian), fuilchill dhearg [feminine] (Irish), eiritricít [feminine] (Irish), globulo rosso [masculine] (Italian), emazia [feminine] (Italian), eritrocita [masculine] (Italian), eritrocito [masculine] (Italian), 赤血球 (sekkekkyū) (alt: せっけっきゅう) (Japanese), 적혈구 (jeokhyeolgu) (alt: 赤血球) (Korean), pūtau-toto-whero (Maori), xiroka sor [feminine] (Northern Kurdish), erîtrosît [feminine] (Northern Kurdish), گویچهٔ قرمز (guiče-ye qermez) (Persian), erytrocyt [masculine] (Polish), czerwona krwinka [feminine] (Polish), glóbulo vermelho [masculine] (Portuguese), célula vermelha [feminine] (Portuguese), hemácia [feminine] (Portuguese), eritrócito [masculine] (Portuguese), eritrocit [neuter] (Romanian), hematie [feminine] (Romanian), globulă roșie [feminine] (Romanian), эритроци́т (eritrocít) [masculine] (Russian), кра́сная кровяна́я кле́тка (krásnaja krovjanája klétka) [feminine] (Russian), crveno krvno zrnce [neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), eritrocito [masculine] (Spanish), hematíe [masculine] (Spanish), glóbulo rojo [masculine] (Spanish), seli nyekundu ya damu (Swahili), erytrocyt (Swedish), röd blodkropp (Swedish), pulang sihay-dugo (Tagalog), เม็ดเลือดแดง (mét-lʉ̂ʉat-dɛɛng) (Thai), alyuvar (Turkish), eritrosit (Turkish), hồng cầu (Vietnamese), hồng huyết cầu (Vietnamese)

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          "word": "אריתרוציט"
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          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "raktāṇu",
          "sense": "haemoglobin-carrying blood cell in vertebrates",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "रक्ताणु"
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "haemoglobin-carrying blood cell in vertebrates",
          "word": "vörösvérsejt"
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          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "haemoglobin-carrying blood cell in vertebrates",
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          "sense": "haemoglobin-carrying blood cell in vertebrates",
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          "sense": "haemoglobin-carrying blood cell in vertebrates",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "rautt blóðkorn"
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          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "haemoglobin-carrying blood cell in vertebrates",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "rauðkorn"
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          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "haemoglobin-carrying blood cell in vertebrates",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "rauð blóðfruma"
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          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "haemoglobin-carrying blood cell in vertebrates",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "rauðfruma"
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          "code": "io",
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          "sense": "haemoglobin-carrying blood cell in vertebrates",
          "word": "eritrocito"
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          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "haemoglobin-carrying blood cell in vertebrates",
          "word": "eritrosit"
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          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "haemoglobin-carrying blood cell in vertebrates",
          "word": "sel darah merah"
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          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "haemoglobin-carrying blood cell in vertebrates",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "fuilchill dhearg"
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          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "haemoglobin-carrying blood cell in vertebrates",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "eiritricít"
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          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "haemoglobin-carrying blood cell in vertebrates",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "globulo rosso"
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          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "haemoglobin-carrying blood cell in vertebrates",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "emazia"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "haemoglobin-carrying blood cell in vertebrates",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "eritrocita"
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        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "haemoglobin-carrying blood cell in vertebrates",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "eritrocito"
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          "alt": "せっけっきゅう",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "sekkekkyū",
          "sense": "haemoglobin-carrying blood cell in vertebrates",
          "word": "赤血球"
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          "code": "mi",
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          "sense": "haemoglobin-carrying blood cell in vertebrates",
          "word": "pūtau-toto-whero"
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          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "guiče-ye qermez",
          "sense": "haemoglobin-carrying blood cell in vertebrates",
          "word": "گویچهٔ قرمز"
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          "lang": "Polish",
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          "word": "erytrocyt"
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          "word": "hematie"
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          "sense": "haemoglobin-carrying blood cell in vertebrates",
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          "word": "globulă roșie"
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          "roman": "eritrocít",
          "sense": "haemoglobin-carrying blood cell in vertebrates",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "эритроци́т"
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          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "krásnaja krovjanája klétka",
          "sense": "haemoglobin-carrying blood cell in vertebrates",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "кра́сная кровяна́я кле́тка"
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          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "haemoglobin-carrying blood cell in vertebrates",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
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          "word": "crveno krvno zrnce"
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          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "haemoglobin-carrying blood cell in vertebrates",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "eritrocito"
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        {
          "code": "es",
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          "sense": "haemoglobin-carrying blood cell in vertebrates",
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          "word": "hematíe"
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          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "haemoglobin-carrying blood cell in vertebrates",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "glóbulo rojo"
        },
        {
          "code": "sw",
          "lang": "Swahili",
          "sense": "haemoglobin-carrying blood cell in vertebrates",
          "word": "seli nyekundu ya damu"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "haemoglobin-carrying blood cell in vertebrates",
          "word": "erytrocyt"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "haemoglobin-carrying blood cell in vertebrates",
          "word": "röd blodkropp"
        },
        {
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "haemoglobin-carrying blood cell in vertebrates",
          "word": "pulang sihay-dugo"
        },
        {
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "mét-lʉ̂ʉat-dɛɛng",
          "sense": "haemoglobin-carrying blood cell in vertebrates",
          "word": "เม็ดเลือดแดง"
        },
        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "haemoglobin-carrying blood cell in vertebrates",
          "word": "alyuvar"
        },
        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "haemoglobin-carrying blood cell in vertebrates",
          "word": "eritrosit"
        },
        {
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "haemoglobin-carrying blood cell in vertebrates",
          "word": "hồng cầu"
        },
        {
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "haemoglobin-carrying blood cell in vertebrates",
          "word": "hồng huyết cầu"
        }
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "red blood cell"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "red blood cell"
}
{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "red blood cells",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "head": "red blood cell"
      },
      "expansion": "red blood cell (plural red blood cells)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English nouns",
        "Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations",
        "en:Blood",
        "en:Cytology",
        "en:Hematology"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A type of cell in the blood of vertebrates that contains hemoglobin and transports oxygen from the lungs to the tissues; an erythrocyte."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "hematology",
          "hematology"
        ],
        [
          "cytology",
          "cytology"
        ],
        [
          "vertebrate",
          "vertebrate"
        ],
        [
          "hemoglobin",
          "hemoglobin"
        ],
        [
          "transport",
          "transport"
        ],
        [
          "oxygen",
          "oxygen"
        ],
        [
          "lung",
          "lung"
        ],
        [
          "tissue",
          "tissue"
        ],
        [
          "erythrocyte",
          "erythrocyte"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(hematology, cytology) A type of cell in the blood of vertebrates that contains hemoglobin and transports oxygen from the lungs to the tissues; an erythrocyte."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "tags": [
            "initialism"
          ],
          "word": "RBC"
        },
        {
          "word": "red cell"
        },
        {
          "word": "erythrocyte"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "rare"
          ],
          "word": "haematid"
        },
        {
          "word": "red corpuscle"
        }
      ],
      "topics": [
        "biology",
        "cytology",
        "hematology",
        "medicine",
        "natural-sciences",
        "sciences"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "red blood cell"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "kurayyatu damin ḥamrāʔ",
      "sense": "haemoglobin-carrying blood cell in vertebrates",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "كُرَيَّةُ دَمٍ حَمْرَاء"
    },
    {
      "code": "ast",
      "lang": "Asturian",
      "sense": "haemoglobin-carrying blood cell in vertebrates",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "eritrocitu"
    },
    {
      "code": "ast",
      "lang": "Asturian",
      "sense": "haemoglobin-carrying blood cell in vertebrates",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "hematí"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "haemoglobin-carrying blood cell in vertebrates",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "eritròcit"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "haemoglobin-carrying blood cell in vertebrates",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "hematia"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "haemoglobin-carrying blood cell in vertebrates",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "glòbul vermell"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "haemoglobin-carrying blood cell in vertebrates",
      "word": "紅細胞"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "hóngxìbāo",
      "sense": "haemoglobin-carrying blood cell in vertebrates",
      "word": "红细胞"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "haemoglobin-carrying blood cell in vertebrates",
      "word": "紅血球"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "hóngxuèqiú",
      "sense": "haemoglobin-carrying blood cell in vertebrates",
      "word": "红血球"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "haemoglobin-carrying blood cell in vertebrates",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "červená krvinka"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "haemoglobin-carrying blood cell in vertebrates",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "erytrocyt"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "haemoglobin-carrying blood cell in vertebrates",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "rød blodcelle"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "haemoglobin-carrying blood cell in vertebrates",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "rødt blodlegeme"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "haemoglobin-carrying blood cell in vertebrates",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "erytrocyt"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "haemoglobin-carrying blood cell in vertebrates",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "rode bloedcel"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "haemoglobin-carrying blood cell in vertebrates",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "erytrocyt"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "haemoglobin-carrying blood cell in vertebrates",
      "word": "eritrocito"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "haemoglobin-carrying blood cell in vertebrates",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "reytt blóðkorn"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "haemoglobin-carrying blood cell in vertebrates",
      "word": "punasolu"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "haemoglobin-carrying blood cell in vertebrates",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "globule rouge"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "haemoglobin-carrying blood cell in vertebrates",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "érythrocyte"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "haemoglobin-carrying blood cell in vertebrates",
      "word": "hématie"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "haemoglobin-carrying blood cell in vertebrates",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "rotes Blutkörperchen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "haemoglobin-carrying blood cell in vertebrates",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "rote Blutzelle"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "haemoglobin-carrying blood cell in vertebrates",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Erythrozyt"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "erythró aimosfaírio",
      "sense": "haemoglobin-carrying blood cell in vertebrates",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "ερυθρό αιμοσφαίριο"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "erythrokýttaro",
      "sense": "haemoglobin-carrying blood cell in vertebrates",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "ερυθροκύτταρο"
    },
    {
      "code": "gu",
      "lang": "Gujarati",
      "roman": "raktakaṇ",
      "sense": "haemoglobin-carrying blood cell in vertebrates",
      "word": "રક્તકણ"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "kaduít dam a'dumá",
      "sense": "haemoglobin-carrying blood cell in vertebrates",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "כַּדּוּרִית דָּם אֲדוּמָּה"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "ta dam adom",
      "sense": "haemoglobin-carrying blood cell in vertebrates",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "תָּא דָּם אָדוֹם"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "sense": "haemoglobin-carrying blood cell in vertebrates",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "אריתרוציט"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "raktāṇu",
      "sense": "haemoglobin-carrying blood cell in vertebrates",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "रक्ताणु"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "haemoglobin-carrying blood cell in vertebrates",
      "word": "vörösvérsejt"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "haemoglobin-carrying blood cell in vertebrates",
      "word": "eritrocita"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "haemoglobin-carrying blood cell in vertebrates",
      "word": "vörösvértest"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "haemoglobin-carrying blood cell in vertebrates",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "rautt blóðkorn"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "haemoglobin-carrying blood cell in vertebrates",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "rauðkorn"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "haemoglobin-carrying blood cell in vertebrates",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "rauð blóðfruma"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "haemoglobin-carrying blood cell in vertebrates",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "rauðfruma"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "haemoglobin-carrying blood cell in vertebrates",
      "word": "eritrocito"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "haemoglobin-carrying blood cell in vertebrates",
      "word": "eritrosit"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "haemoglobin-carrying blood cell in vertebrates",
      "word": "sel darah merah"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "haemoglobin-carrying blood cell in vertebrates",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "fuilchill dhearg"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "haemoglobin-carrying blood cell in vertebrates",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "eiritricít"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "haemoglobin-carrying blood cell in vertebrates",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "globulo rosso"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "haemoglobin-carrying blood cell in vertebrates",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "emazia"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "haemoglobin-carrying blood cell in vertebrates",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "eritrocita"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "haemoglobin-carrying blood cell in vertebrates",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "eritrocito"
    },
    {
      "alt": "せっけっきゅう",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "sekkekkyū",
      "sense": "haemoglobin-carrying blood cell in vertebrates",
      "word": "赤血球"
    },
    {
      "alt": "赤血球",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "jeokhyeolgu",
      "sense": "haemoglobin-carrying blood cell in vertebrates",
      "word": "적혈구"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "haemoglobin-carrying blood cell in vertebrates",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "xiroka sor"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "haemoglobin-carrying blood cell in vertebrates",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "erîtrosît"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "haemoglobin-carrying blood cell in vertebrates",
      "word": "pūtau-toto-whero"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "guiče-ye qermez",
      "sense": "haemoglobin-carrying blood cell in vertebrates",
      "word": "گویچهٔ قرمز"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "haemoglobin-carrying blood cell in vertebrates",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "erytrocyt"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "haemoglobin-carrying blood cell in vertebrates",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "czerwona krwinka"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "haemoglobin-carrying blood cell in vertebrates",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "glóbulo vermelho"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "haemoglobin-carrying blood cell in vertebrates",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "célula vermelha"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "haemoglobin-carrying blood cell in vertebrates",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "hemácia"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "haemoglobin-carrying blood cell in vertebrates",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "eritrócito"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "haemoglobin-carrying blood cell in vertebrates",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "eritrocit"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "haemoglobin-carrying blood cell in vertebrates",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "hematie"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "haemoglobin-carrying blood cell in vertebrates",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "globulă roșie"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "eritrocít",
      "sense": "haemoglobin-carrying blood cell in vertebrates",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "эритроци́т"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "krásnaja krovjanája klétka",
      "sense": "haemoglobin-carrying blood cell in vertebrates",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "кра́сная кровяна́я кле́тка"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "haemoglobin-carrying blood cell in vertebrates",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "crveno krvno zrnce"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "haemoglobin-carrying blood cell in vertebrates",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "eritrocito"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "haemoglobin-carrying blood cell in vertebrates",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "hematíe"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "haemoglobin-carrying blood cell in vertebrates",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "glóbulo rojo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "haemoglobin-carrying blood cell in vertebrates",
      "word": "seli nyekundu ya damu"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "haemoglobin-carrying blood cell in vertebrates",
      "word": "erytrocyt"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "haemoglobin-carrying blood cell in vertebrates",
      "word": "röd blodkropp"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "haemoglobin-carrying blood cell in vertebrates",
      "word": "pulang sihay-dugo"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "mét-lʉ̂ʉat-dɛɛng",
      "sense": "haemoglobin-carrying blood cell in vertebrates",
      "word": "เม็ดเลือดแดง"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "haemoglobin-carrying blood cell in vertebrates",
      "word": "alyuvar"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "haemoglobin-carrying blood cell in vertebrates",
      "word": "eritrosit"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "haemoglobin-carrying blood cell in vertebrates",
      "word": "hồng cầu"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "haemoglobin-carrying blood cell in vertebrates",
      "word": "hồng huyết cầu"
    }
  ],
  "word": "red blood cell"
}

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