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In the olden days, they were called corpuscles. The only distingushing mark was they were identified as red or white. Nowadays, they have a scientific name, like red corpuscles are now erythrocytes.
mature red blood cells are called erythrocytes

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Red blood cells are also called red corpuscles (little re body).

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Red blood cells are also called erythrocytes. The medical term can be broke down. to make it easier to remember. The prefix erthro mean red and the suffix cytes means cell.

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Red blood cells can also be called red cells or erythrocytes from the Greek for 'red cells'.

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red blood cells

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Erythrocytes

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hematocyte

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