hồng cầu

== Vietnamese == === Etymology === Sino-Vietnamese word from 紅 (“red”) and 球 (“ball”), from Chinese 紅血球 / 红血球 (hồng huyết cầu, literally “red blood ball”). Compare Japanese 赤血球 (sekkekkyū, xích huyết cầu). === Pronunciation === (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [həwŋ͡m˨˩ kəw˨˩] (Huế) IPA(key): [həwŋ͡m˦˩ kəw˦˩] (Saigon) IPA(key): [həwŋ͡m˨˩ kəw˨˩] === Noun === hồng cầu (cytology, hematology) a red blood cell; an erythrocyte Coordinate term: bạch cầu