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Meanings of blood corpuscle in English

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eritrócito
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Either of two types of cells (erythrocytes and leukocytes) and sometimes including platelets.

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        Usage of blood corpuscle in English
        1
        On blood corpuscles, see 'Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science,' April 1874, p.
        Insectivorous Plants
        2
        His bones were hollow, since he needed no marrow for producing blood corpuscles.
        Gather, Darkness!
        3
        The blood consists of a liquid, the plasma, containing minute particles, the blood corpuscles.
        The Gutenberg Webster's Unabridged Dictionary: Section A and B
        4
        On each side of the large ducts is a vein filled with blood corpuscles.
        Disease and Its Causes
        5
        These germs are animal germs and are in the red blood corpuscles, feeding on them.
        A Handbook of Health
        6
        So is the microscopic examination for blood corpuscles.
        Sherlock holmes: the complete illustrated novels
        7
        Some of the white blood corpuscles escape from the blood-vessels through the thin walls of the capillaries.
        First Book in Physiology and Hygiene
        8
        The same thing seemed to be true of certain cells of higher organisms, as the blood corpuscles.
        A History of Science — Volume 4
        9
        Opsonin is what you butter the disease germs with to make your white blood corpuscles eat them.
        The Doctor's Dilemma
        10
        Besides these, the protoplasm contains a generally grayish homogeneous nucleus as large as one or two red blood corpuscles.
        Scientific American Supplement, No. 787, January 31, 1891
        11
        Leukaemia is a disease marked by an excessive and permanent increase in the white blood corpuscles and consequent progressive anæmia.
        The Chemistry of Food and Nutrition
        12
        The white and red blood corpuscles can be distinguished, the red appearing as oval discs and the white as colorless spheres.
        Disease and Its Causes
        13
        2.-AmœboidMovement of a Human White Blood Corpuscle.
        A Practical Physiology: A Text-Book for Higher Schools
        14
        The red color is due to the union of oxygen with the iron in the blood corpuscles, forming rust, roughly speaking.
        Maintaining Health (Formerly Health and Efficiency)
        15
        And even now, about all we know is that autopsical research reveals absolutely nothing but the general disorganisation of the blood corpuscles.
        The Dream Doctor
        16
        Blood counts before and after a cold-water application show a very marked increase in the number of red and white blood corpuscles.
        Nature Cure: Philosophy & Practice Based on the Unity of Disease...
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