blood cell

noun

: a cell normally present in blood

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Platelets are blood cells that your bone marrow makes. Suchandrima Bhowmik, Health, 12 July 2025 Since then, scientists have also determined that blood cells are influenced by a protein called the Rhesus factor. Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 June 2025 Lupus is an autoimmune disease in which the body's immune system attacks healthy tissues, rather than targeting the bad bacteria and viruses, causing inflammation that can affect the joints, skin, kidneys, blood cells, brain, heart, and lungs. Escher Walcott, People.com, 23 June 2025 Waldenström's macroglobulinemia transforms white blood cells into cancer cells which build up in the bone marrow, the spongy material inside the bones where blood cells are made, according to the Mayo Clinic. Vanessa Etienne, People.com, 15 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for blood cell

Word History

First Known Use

1834, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of blood cell was in 1834

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“Blood cell.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/blood%20cell. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.

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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