red blood cell

Noun

1.

red blood cell - a mature blood cell that contains hemoglobin to carry oxygen to the bodily tissues; a biconcave disc that has no nucleus Synonyms: erythrocyte, RBC

acanthocyte, blood cell, blood corpuscle, corpuscle, erythrocyte, haemoglobin, Hb, hemoglobin, macrocyte, megaloblast, megalocyte, microcyte, RBC, reticulocyte, sickle cell, siderocyte, spherocyte, target cell