| blood cell 
  
 
 either of two types of cells (erythrocytes and leukocytes) and sometimes including platelets
 • Syn:
 blood corpuscle, corpuscle
 • Derivationally related forms:
 corpuscular (for: corpuscle)
 • Hypernyms:
 somatic cell, vegetative cell
 • Hyponyms:
 leukocyte, leucocyte, white blood cell, white cell, white blood corpuscle,
 white corpuscle, WBC, packed cells, red blood cell, RBC, erythrocyte
 • Part Holonyms:
 blood
 
 
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