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Id http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/D004912
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Preferred Name

Erythrocytes
Definitions
Red blood cells. Mature erythrocytes are non-nucleated, biconcave disks containing HEMOGLOBIN whose function is to transport OXYGEN.
Synonyms
Blood Cell, Red
Blood Corpuscles, Red
Red Blood Cell
Red Blood Corpuscles
Red Blood Cells
Blood Corpuscle, Red
Erythrocyte
Blood Cells, Red
Red Blood Corpuscle
Type http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#Class

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definition

Red blood cells. Mature erythrocytes are non-nucleated, biconcave disks containing HEMOGLOBIN whose function is to transport OXYGEN.
altLabel
Blood Cell, Red
Blood Corpuscles, Red
Red Blood Cell
Red Blood Corpuscles
Red Blood Cells
Blood Corpuscle, Red
Erythrocyte
Blood Cells, Red
Red Blood Corpuscle
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prefLabel
Erythrocytes
EC
transplantation:Erythrocyte Transfusion
abnormalities:Erythrocytes, Abnormal
Mapped from
type
tui
T025
T121
TERMUI
T015009
T015011
T690966
T015010
T690967
TH
NLM (1993)
NLM (1966)
NLM (2008)
MMR
20230601
notation
D004912
Semantic type UMLS property
Inverse of AQ
DX
19660101
cui
C0014792
DC
1
MN
A11.443.240
A15.145.229.334
A11.118.290
AN
vertebrates only; for invertebrates index under HEMOCYTES; /cytol: consider also ERYTHROCYTE INDICES; do not equate /pathol with ERYTHROCYTES, ABNORMAL; erythrocyte antibodies: index BLOOD GROUP ANTIGENS /immunol + ISOANTIBODIES & do not index under ERYTHROCYTES
AQL
CH CL CY DE EN IM ME MI PA PH PS RE UL VI
MDA
19990101
subClassOf
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