blood platelet
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of blood platelet
First recorded in 1895–1900
Example Sentences
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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
T-DM1, for instance, can lower blood platelet levels.
From New York Times • May 31, 2012
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