erysipelas (5) | (noun) - red + skin = an acute skin disease with fever and spreading inflammation. |
erythroblast (4) | (noun) - red + bud, shoot = multicolored cell of red marrow that synthesizes hemoglobin and that is an early stage of red blood cell formation. Erythroblastic is the adjective form. |
erythroblastosis (5) | (noun) - red + blast + condition or abnormal condition = irregular presence of erythroblasts in the blood. The plural form is erythroblastoses. |
erythroblastosis fetalis (5) | (noun) - red + blast + condition or abnormal condition + fetus = a blood disease of the fetus or newborn caused by an Rh-negative mother producing antibodies in the blood of an Rh-positive fetus destroying fetal erythrocytes and characterized by erythroblasts in the blood and jaundice. |
erythrocyte (3) | (noun) - red + cyte = red blood cell, red corpuscle; the hemoglobin-containing cells that carry oxygen and are responsible for the red color of blood. Erythrocytic is the adjective form. |
erythroid (5) | (adj.) - red + shape = connected with erythrocytes or their precursors it. |
erythromycin (2) | (noun) - red + mycin = an antibiotic effective against many bacteria, and obtained from Streptomyces erythreus. |
erythropoiesis (5) | (noun) - red + creation = production of red blood cells (as from the bone marrow). Erythropoietic is the adjective form. |
erythrosin, erythrosine (5) | (noun) - red + eosin = reddish dyes made from fluorescein. |
exoerythrocytic (5) | (adj.) - outside + red + cyte = occurring outside the red blood cells. |