blood platelet

American  

noun

1. any of numerous, minute, protoplasmic bodies in mammalian blood that aid in coagulation.

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Etymology

Origin of blood platelet

First recorded in 1895–1900

Example Sentences

KTU professors Vytautas Ostasevicius and Vytautas Jurenas say that the ongoing research papers are related to blood platelet aggregation.

From Science Daily • Jan. 22, 2024

He doesn’t use an alarm clock — he never needs one — when he wanders downstairs to chug exactly 32 ounces of water to prepare for his 8 a.m. apheresis appointment, or blood platelet donation.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 9, 2022

Five years after Bravo, their blood platelet levels had still not returned to normal.

From Washington Post • Nov. 3, 2021

EMA in March began a review of IT, an auto-immune condition with low blood platelet levels that can lead to bruising and bleeding in people who had received the AstraZeneca, Pfizer and Moderna shots.

From Reuters • Jul. 14, 2021

Each time, there was a reason: The doctor had not signed off; the specialized bed had not been delivered; Ms. Land’s blood platelet levels were too low.

From New York Times • Sep. 17, 2016