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What is a red blood cell?

What is a red blood cell? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (hematology) A type of cell in the blood of vertebrates that contains hemoglobin and transports oxygen from the lungs to the tissues; an erythrocyte.
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The patient subsequently received platelet and red blood cell transfusions.
Many people know that stem cells can grow into virtually any cell type found in the body, from a red blood cell to a muscle cell to a brain cell.
It also deforms the shape of the red blood cell enough that it's destroyed by the body, thus the anemia.
The tumor cells are extremely large in comparison to the average red blood cell.
The deformation of the human erythrocyte or red blood cell has been the topic of detailed investigation for many decades.
Her current white blood cell count, hemoglobin, hematocrit, and red blood cell indices are all normal.

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