Categories: Comparisons
An example of metaphor in science writing:
"In order to keep circulating, RBCs [red blood cells] in the splenic cords are required to squeeze through approximately 2-μm-wide slits in the walls that form the splenic sinuses. Those RBCs unable to make it through are ingested rapidly by local macrophages surveying the area."
Kaufman, Richard (2018) Red Blood Cell Life Span, Senescence, and Destruction, in Edward J. Benz, Nancy Berliner, & Fred J. Schiffman, Anemia. Pathophysiology, Diagnosis, and Management, Cambridge University Press, 19-22.
