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erythrocyte
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A red blood cell. In mammals, mature erythrocytes are non-nucleated, biconcave disks containing hemoglobin whose function is to transport oxygen.
Any of the hemoglobin-containing cells that carry oxygen to the tissues and are responsible for the red color of vertebrate blood.
Term info
Label
erythrocyte
Synonyms
- RBC
- red blood cell
- red blood corpuscle
definition
A red blood cell. In mammals, mature erythrocytes are biconcave disks containing hemoglobin whose function is to transport oxygen.
definition source
BTO:0000424, CL:0000232
has exact synonym
RBC, red blood cell
has obo namespace
cell
imported from
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/uberon.owl, http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/cl.owl
see also
URI: http://www.ebi.ac.uk/cellline#erythrocyte, EFO_URI: http://www.ebi.ac.uk/efo/EFO_0000477
term editor
James Malone
Term relations
Equivalent to:
- erythroid lineage cell and bearer of some biconcave and capable of some blood circulation and capable of some oxygen transport and lacks_part some ribosome and lacks_plasma_membrane_part some transferrin receptor protein 1