The want of success of these names may be attributed to their awkwardness in sound or sense; "erythrocyte" seems the best of them, but is unfortunately four-syllabled.
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Erythrocyte
//əˈɹɪθɹəˌsaɪt//
Synonyms for "erythrocyte" (58 found)
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27 translations across 26 languages.
Asturian
1 entries- hematí noun (scientific name for red blood cell — see also red blood cell)
Belarusian
1 entries- эрытрацы́т noun (scientific name for red blood cell — see also red blood cell)
Bulgarian
1 entries- еритроци́т noun (scientific name for red blood cell — see also red blood cell)
Catalan
1 entries- eritròcit noun (scientific name for red blood cell — see also red blood cell)
Czech
1 entries- erytrocyt noun (scientific name for red blood cell — see also red blood cell)
Danish
1 entries- erytrocyt noun (scientific name for red blood cell — see also red blood cell)
Dutch
1 entries- erytrocyt noun (scientific name for red blood cell — see also red blood cell)
Esperanto
1 entries- eritrocito noun (scientific name for red blood cell — see also red blood cell)
French
1 entries- érythrocyte noun (scientific name for red blood cell — see also red blood cell)
German
1 entries- Erythrozyt noun (scientific name for red blood cell — see also red blood cell)
Greek
1 entries- ερυθροκύτταρο noun (scientific name for red blood cell — see also red blood cell)
Hungarian
1 entries- eritrocita noun (scientific name for red blood cell — see also red blood cell)
Ido
1 entries- eritrocito noun (scientific name for red blood cell — see also red blood cell)
Indonesian
1 entries- eritrosit noun (scientific name for red blood cell — see also red blood cell)
Irish
1 entries- eiritricít noun (scientific name for red blood cell — see also red blood cell)
Italian
2 entries- eritrocita noun (scientific name for red blood cell — see also red blood cell)
- eritrocito noun (scientific name for red blood cell — see also red blood cell)
Latin
1 entries- erythrocytus noun (scientific name for red blood cell — see also red blood cell)
Northern Kurdish
1 entries- erîtrosît noun (scientific name for red blood cell — see also red blood cell)
Polish
1 entries- erytrocyt noun (scientific name for red blood cell — see also red blood cell)
Portuguese
1 entries- eritrócito noun (scientific name for red blood cell — see also red blood cell)
Romanian
1 entries- eritrocit noun (scientific name for red blood cell — see also red blood cell)
Russian
1 entries- эритроци́т noun (scientific name for red blood cell — see also red blood cell)
Spanish
1 entries- eritrocito noun (scientific name for red blood cell — see also red blood cell)
Swedish
1 entries- erytrocyt noun (scientific name for red blood cell — see also red blood cell)
Turkish
1 entries- eritrosit noun (scientific name for red blood cell — see also red blood cell)
Ukrainian
1 entries- еритроци́т noun (scientific name for red blood cell — see also red blood cell)
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Granular, basic, or punctate degeneration of the erythrocyte is a condition in which this cell presents fine or coarse granules that have an affinity for basic stains.
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