erythroid
/ɪˈɹɪθɹɔɪd/adjective, noun
erythroid is an adjective meaning “Having a red colour; reddish” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled E-R-Y-T-H-R-O-I-D, and it appears about once in every 23 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does erythroid mean?
adjective
- 1
Having a red colour; reddish
- 2
Of or pertaining to the erythrocytes, especially to their development
noun
- 1
Synonym of normoblast.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce erythroid?
- /ɪˈɹɪθɹɔɪd/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of erythroid
- more erythroid comparative
- most erythroid superlative
- erythroids plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is erythroid?
Erythroid appears about once in every 23 million words in written English, the 146,811th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Where does erythroid come from?
From erythro- + -oid.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).