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MeSH Heading: Erythrocytes
Tree Number(s): A11.118.290; A11.443.240; A15.145.229.334
Unique ID: D004912
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D004912
Annotation: 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
Scope Note: Red blood cells. Mature erythrocytes are non-nucleated, biconcave disks containing HEMOGLOBIN whose function is to transport OXYGEN.
Entry Term(s): Blood Cells, Red; Blood Corpuscles, Red; Red Blood Cells; Red Blood Corpuscles
Entry Combination: abnormalities:Erythrocytes, Abnormal; transplantation:Erythrocyte Transfusion
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2023/06/01

Entry Combination: abnormalities:Erythrocytes, Abnormal; transplantation:Erythrocyte Transfusion
Allowable Qualifiers: chemistry (CH)

classification (CL)

cytology (CY)

drug effects (DE)

enzymology (EN)

immunology (IM)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

parasitology (PS)

pathology (PA)

physiology (PH)

radiation effects (RE)

ultrastructure (UL)

virology (VI)

Concept UI: M0007711
Scope Note: Red blood cells. Mature erythrocytes are non-nucleated, biconcave disks containing HEMOGLOBIN whose function is to transport OXYGEN.
Terms: Erythrocytes Preferred Term
Term UI T015009
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1966); Red Blood Cells
Term UI T015011
Date10/08/1991
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1993); Red Blood Corpuscles
Term UI T690967
Date02/05/2007
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2008); Blood Cells, Red
Term UI T015010
Date10/08/1991
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1993); Blood Corpuscles, Red
Term UI T690966
Date02/05/2007
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2008)

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