Ring Sideroblast

(SID-uh-ruh-blast) A red blood cell: The most numerous type of blood cell in healthy people. Red blood cells contain hemoglobin, a protein that picks up oxygen in the lungs and brings it to cells in all parts of the body. Also called erythrocyte, RBC. that has too much iron. The iron typically forms a ring around the cell's nucleus.

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