blood platelet
Americannoun
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Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of blood platelet
First recorded in 1895–1900
Example Sentences
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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
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
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