platelet
[pleyt-lit]
- a small platelike body, especially a blood platelet.
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Origin of platelet
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He still had no fever, but his blood work showed a dramatic decline in platelets.
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This ferment can therefore be derived from most tissues, including also the white blood corpuscles and the platelets.
Thrombogen is produced from the leucocytes, but it is not yet certain whether it is also formed from the platelets.
platelet
- a minute cell occurring in the blood of vertebrates and involved in clotting of the bloodFormerly called: thrombocyte
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Word Origin
C19: a small plate
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Word Origin and History for platelets
platelet
n.
1895, formed in English from plate + diminutive suffix -let.
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Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
platelet
(plāt′lĭt)- A minute, irregularly shaped, disklike cytoplasmic body found in blood plasma that promotes blood clotting and has no definite nucleus, no DNA, and no hemoglobin.blood platelet thrombocyte
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The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
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platelet
[plāt′lĭt]
- Any of the numerous small, round cell fragments found in the blood of mammals that function in the clotting of blood. Platelets contain no nuclei and are formed in the bone marrow from precursor cells called megakaryocytes. Platelets contribute to the coagulation process by adhering to damaged blood vessels, fibrinogen, and other platelets. An inadequate number of platelets leads to uncontrolled bleeding.
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The American Heritage® Science Dictionary
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platelets
[(playt-luhts)]
Small, flat disks in the blood that aid in clotting.
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The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition
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