How to Use red blood cell in a Sentence

red blood cell

noun

• Over time, blood loss can lead to low red blood cell counts.
  — Karen Pallarito, Health, 5 Feb. 2023
• This can even lead to anemia (lack of healthy red blood cells).
  — Karen Berger, Pharmd, Verywell Health, 23 July 2024
• Thus, the red blood cells are destroyed in cool areas, such as the skin.
  — Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 2 Aug. 2023
• That means less room for healthy white blood cells, red blood cells, and platelets to form in the bone marrow.
  — Dana Hunsinger Benbow, Indianapolis Star, 11 Nov. 2019
• Blood is made up of red blood cells, white blood cells, platelets and plasma.
  — Elizabeth Weise and Mark Johnson, USA TODAY, 2 Apr. 2020
• Blood is composed of white and red blood cells, platelets and plasma.
  — Sarah Ravani, SFChronicle.com, 12 May 2020
• The first chip in the system skims off the tiny red blood cells and platelets so that only the CTCs and white blood cells flow into the second.
  — Rachel Feltman, Popular Mechanics, 4 Apr. 2013
• The cells then die off early, leaving a lack of healthy red blood cells, or anemia.
  — WIRED, 16 Nov. 2023
• And the cancer can cause the body to make too many red blood cells by increasing the production of EPO.
  — New York Times, 7 Oct. 2019
• Colin’s abscess must have been too much for his red blood cells to handle.
  — Julia Michie Bruckner, Discover Magazine, 12 Mar. 2019
• Erytech and EryDel use red blood cells taken from a blood bank.
  — NBC News, 2 Apr. 2018
• The mice were found to be free of the defect, which impacts how much oxygen is carried in red blood cells and leads to anemia.
  — Rebecca Lurye, courant.com, 29 June 2018
• More than 2,000 nanoparticles could fit inside of a red blood cell.
  — Erika Hayasaki, Newsweek, 21 July 2015
• Bilirubin is a byproduct of red blood cells breaking down.
  — Risa Kerslake, Parents, 28 Aug. 2023
• Lead is a neurotoxin that can damage the brain and kidneys and can affect the way the body makes red blood cells.
  — Kristen Jordan Shamus, Detroit Free Press, 2 Aug. 2023
• Lead is a neurotoxin that can damage the brain and kidneys and can affect the way the body makes red blood cells.
  — Dana Afana, Detroit Free Press, 10 May 2024
• Mucins’ sugars are similar to the type-defining ones on red blood cells.
  — Elizabeth Pennisi, Science | AAAS, 10 June 2019
• The color came from a buildup of something known as bilirubin, a breakdown product of red blood cells.
  — Lisa Sanders, M.d., New York Times, 16 May 2023
• After three or four months, their red blood cell count continued to grow.
  — Doug Johnson, Ars Technica, 14 Jan. 2022
• Sickle cell targets red blood cells that carry oxygen to the body.
  — Angela Helm, The Root, 21 Oct. 2017
• When the body is deficient in iron, anemia or low red blood cell count can occur.
  — Delaney Nothaft, USA TODAY, 4 May 2023
• But having some extra copies of the gene also can lead to a higher-than-normal red blood cell count.
  — David Warmflash, Discover Magazine, 29 Aug. 2016
• Part algae, part red blood cell, these microrobots can travel to hard-to-reach tumors deep in the lungs.
  — Discover Magazine, 14 June 2024
• Some of these molecules stick to red blood cells, including a handful of proteins that can rip the cells to shreds.
  — Katherine J. Wu, Smithsonian, 3 Dec. 2019
• The calcium that our bones are made of and the iron that permeates every red blood cell in our bodies come from stars.
  — Priyamvada Natarajan, The New York Review of Books, 15 June 2021
• Yet these proteins, along with red blood cells (RBCs), can make blood viscous and hard to circulate.
  — Priyanka Runwal, Scientific American, 30 Mar. 2020
• Sickle cell is a disease that affects the shape of red blood cells, which transport oxygen throughout the body.
  — Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence, 11 Dec. 2023
• To race up those mountains as a rider is to feel your lungs compress and your red blood cells leak oxygen and the lactic acid in your legs swell.
  — Michael Powell, New York Times, 23 July 2019
• For size comparison, a red blood cell is about 250 times the size of a low-density lipoprotein molecule.
  — Heidi Moawad, Verywell Health, 21 Oct. 2024
• Growing a baby requires a lot of extra blood—about 20% more red blood cells by the end of 9 months—to support the developing fetus and the placenta that nourishes it.
  — Bycatherine Offord, science.org, 24 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 15 Dec 2024