Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A blood-corpuscle, especially an oval nucleated one.
- noun See
blood .
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Examples
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The police said the Fuentes siblings and Mr. Leon were often contacted by sports coaches who kept them informed about schedules for sports events, and then crafted doping plans for the athletes, using banned drugs such as anabolic steroids and erythropoietin, a hormone used to boost red blood-cell production.
Key Suspect in Doping Probe Found Dead David Roman 2011
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Each white blood-cell tally was a relative bargain at $250.
$125 K of premium medicine, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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Essentially, he called on doctors to "use the lowest dose" sufficient to improve a patient's red blood-cell profile.
FDA Calls for Trimming Anemia-Drug Dosages Thomas M. Burton 2011
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The morning-sickness drug thalidomide, which was pulled from the market in the 1960s after causing birth defects, later was effectively used as a treatment for leprosy and multiple myeloma, a blood-cell cancer.
Surprising New Uses for Older Drugs; HIV Vaccine? Amy Dockser Marcus 2011
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Shannon played the role of Young Nala the lion cub in "The Lion King" for seven months before the blood-cell cancer was diagnosed in April.
Auto manufacturers want to put brakes on Mass. right-to-repair law 2010
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Shannon played the role of Young Nala the lion cub in "The Lion King" for seven months before the blood-cell cancer was diagnosed in April.
Auto manufacturers want to put brakes on Mass. right-to-repair law 2010
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As you move down you get smaller in powers of 10, until the comparison is 'if the Hayden sphere is a raindrop, this (small lump) is the size of a red blood-cell'.
Archive 2007-11-01 lili 2007
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As you move down you get smaller in powers of 10, until the comparison is 'if the Hayden sphere is a raindrop, this (small lump) is the size of a red blood-cell'.
Start Spreading the News... lili 2007
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But it still carries some risk of those, as well as of restlessness, decreased white blood-cell count, and a condition called tardive dyskinesia, or involuntary repetitive movements of the limbs and body that can become permanent.
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But it still carries some risk of those, as well as of restlessness, decreased white blood-cell count, and a condition called tardive dyskinesia, or involuntary repetitive movements of the limbs and body that can become permanent.
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