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blood platelet

American  

noun

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


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Noun Inflected Forms


Etymology

Origin of blood platelet

First recorded in 1895–1900


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He spent nine days on a ventilator and 18 days on dialysis, during which time doctors gave him blood, platelet and plasma transfusions.

From Salon ● Jun. 22, 2026

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

At various points, his blood platelet level had, in layman’s terms, hit rock bottom, and he was in danger of spontaneously bleeding at any moment.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 24, 2021

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

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