erythron

erythron
The total mass of circulating red blood cells, and that part of the hematopoietic tissue from which they are derived.

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er·y·thron 'er-ə-.thrän n the red blood cells and their precursors in the bone marrow

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n.
circulating mature red blood cells and that part of the blood-forming system of the body that is directed towards the production of red blood cells. The erythron is not a single organ but is dispersed throughout the blood-forming tissue of the bone marrow. See also erythropoiesis.

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er·y·thron (erґə-thron) [Gr. erythros red] the circulating erythrocytes in the blood, their precursors, and all the elements of the body concerned in their production. Cf. leukon and thrombon.

Medical dictionary. 2011.

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