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Examples of blood cell in a Sentence
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The virus sits in throat and blood cells, maybe flaring up as mononucleosis or a bout of lethargy, or with no symptoms at all.
—Brian Murphy, Washington Post, 15 Feb. 2024
Scientists want to reactivate the effective fetal hemoglobin in adult blood cells.
—Amber Dance, Discover Magazine, 2 Feb. 2024
Now, researchers have come up with a way to monitor these changes in human blood cells in real time, raising hopes that it might one day be used to predict disease risk years before symptoms show up.
—Megan Molteni, STAT, 22 Jan. 2024
These highly versatile organisms are derived from skin or blood cells and can be transformed into any type of cell.
—Allison Deangelis, STAT, 29 Feb. 2024
The pain led to the discovery of the clots, which occur when a mass of blood cells or other substances form in the blood vessels.
—Jessica Wang, EW.com, 5 July 2023
The 8 Best Vitamin D Supplements for Kids Iron
This mineral carries oxygen in the red blood cells to help the body produce energy.
—Rachel Meltzer Warren, M.s., Parents, 13 Dec. 2023
The antibodies direct the viral particle to structures found on specific types of blood cells, thus improving the vehicle's precision.
—William A. Haseltine, Forbes, 14 Feb. 2024
The heroic task of constantly replenishing these ranks, and making sure the balance of different types of blood cells is right, falls to a primitive reserve of stem cells that reside deep in the bone marrow.
—Megan Molteni, STAT, 22 Jan. 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
1834, in the meaning defined above
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“Blood cell.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/blood%20cell. Accessed 28 Apr. 2024.
Kids Definition
blood cell
noun
: a cell normally present in blood
Medical Definition
blood cell
noun
: a cell or platelet normally present in blood see red blood cell, white blood cell
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