platelet
pronunciation
How to pronounce platelet in British English:
UK [ˈpleɪtlət]
How to pronounce platelet in American English:
US [ˈpletlɪt]
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- Noun:
- tiny bits of protoplasm found in vertebrate blood; essential for blood clotting
Word Origin
- platelet (n.)
- 1895, formed in English from plate (n.) + diminutive suffix -let.
Example
- 1. Platelet aggregation assay was normal .
- 2. Certain enzyme studies , like the white cell or platelet assay , are particularly advantageous when testing in pregnancy .
- 3. Their design involves spheres about one-tenth the diameter of a platelet and made of the same biodegradable polyester used in absorbable sutures .
- 4. Von willebrand disease is characterized primarily by a defect in platelet adhesion to the endothelium .
- 5. The fibrin clot which then forms is consolidated by the action of platelet contractile proteins .