血球

xuèqiú

noun #36,987

Meanings

1 blood corpuscle; blood cell
2 hemocyte
3 (older term, now usually 血细胞)

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Examples

红血球负责把氧气送到全身。

Hóng xuèqiú fùzé bǎ yǎngqì sòngdào quánshēn.

Red blood cells are responsible for carrying oxygen throughout the body.

白血球是人体的免疫细胞。

Bái xuèqiú shì réntǐ de miǎnyì xìbāo.

White blood cells are the body's immune cells.

化验单上显示他的血球数量正常。

Huàyàndān shàng xiǎnshì tā de xuèqiú shùliàng zhèngcháng.

The lab report shows his blood cell count is normal.

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usage

血球 (literally 'blood ball') is the older medical term for a blood cell, still everyday in Taiwan and in compounds like 红血球 'red blood cell' and 白血球 'white blood cell'. Mainland clinical writing today often prefers 血细胞 (xuèxìbāo) 'blood cell', but everyday speech keeps 血球.

Stroke Order

血 xuè

球 qiú