Red blood cells. Mature erythrocytes are non-nucleated, biconcave disks containing HEMOGLOBIN whose function is to transport OXYGEN.
Synonyms: Blood Cells, Red, Erythrocyte, Blood Cell, Red, Red Blood Corpuscle, Red Blood Corpuscles, Red Blood Cell, Blood Corpuscles, Red, Blood Corpuscle, Red, Erythrocytes, Red Blood Cells, Corpuscle, Red Blood, Corpuscles, Red Blood
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vertebrates only; for invertebrates index under HEMOCYTES; /cytol: consider also ERYTHROCYTE INDICES; do not equate /pathol with ERYTHROCYTES, ABNORMAL; erythrocyte antibodies: index BLOOD GROUP ANTIGENS /immunol + ISOANTIBODIES & do not index under ERYTHROCYTES
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D004912