hemácia
Portuguese, noun/eˈma.sjɐ/
hemácia is spelled H-E-M-Á-C-I-A (7 letters) and appears about once in every 45 million words in written Portuguese, the 189,447th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hemácia is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “red blood cell” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “célula vermelha, presente no sangue, responsável pelo transporte de oxigênio para as células”.
What does hemácia mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininered blood cell
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. célula vermelha, presente no sangue, responsável pelo transporte de oxigênio para as células
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of hemácia
- hemácias plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce hemácia?
- Brazil /eˈma.sjɐ/
- Portugal /ɛˈma.sjɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is hemácia in Portuguese?
hemácia appears about once in every 45 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).