DeCS

Descriptor English:

Erythrocytes

Descriptor Spanish:

Eritrocitos

Spanish from Spain

Descriptor	eritrocitos
Entry term(s)	corpúsculos rojos de la sangre corpúsculos rojos sanguíneos corpúsculos sanguíneos rojos células rojas células rojas de la sangre células sanguíneas rojas glóbulos rojos hematíes
Scope note:	Células de la serie roja. Los eritrocitos maduros carecen de núcleo, tienen forma de disco bicóncavo y están cargados de HEMOGLOBINA, cuya misión es el transporte del OXÍGENO.

Descriptor Portuguese:

Eritrócitos

Descriptor French:

Érythrocytes

Entry term(s):

Globule rouge
Globules rouges
Hématie
Hématies
Érythrocyte

Tree number(s):

A11.118.290
A11.443.240
A15.145.229.334

RDF Unique Identifier:

https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D004912

Scope note:

Red blood cells. Mature erythrocytes are non-nucleated, biconcave disks containing HEMOGLOBIN whose function is to transport OXYGEN.

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

Allowable Qualifiers:

CH composition chimique
CL classification
CY cytologie
DE effets des médicaments et des substances chimiques
EN enzymologie
IM immunologie
ME métabolisme
MI microbiologie
PA anatomopathologie
PH physiologie
PS parasitologie
RE effets des radiations
UL ultrastructure
VI virologie

Entry Combination:

abnormalities:Erythrocytes, Abnormal
transplantation:Erythrocyte Transfusion

DeCS ID:

4999

Unique ID:

D004912

Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL):

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Date Established:

1966/01/01

Date of Entry:

1999/01/01