ə̇ˈrithrəˌsīt noun
( -s )
Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary erythr- + -cyte
1. : a vertebrate blood cell that contains hemoglobin, functions in the internal transport of oxygen, and in mammals is an enucleated bioconcave disk formed from nucleated cells especially of the red bone marrow and present in numbers up to several millions in each cubic millimeter of blood — compare leukocyte
2. : a cell containing a respiratory pigment (as in some marine worms)
• eryth·ro·cyt·ic ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷|sid.ik adjective