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Blood is the serum, cells, platelets, and proteins, hormones, and chemicals that circulate in the blood stream. The cells that comprise blood include white blood cells and red blood cells. Red blood cells are also called erythrocytes, from the Greek erythros for "red" and cyte for "cell".

Put another way, blood is the whole; erythrocytes are a part.

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