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"PLATELETS" is a plural of: platelet. |
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Health | A type of blood cell that helps prevent bleeding by causing blood clots to form. Also called thrombocytes. (references) |
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 | This is a scanning electron microscope image from normal circulating human blood. One can see red blood cells, several white blood cells including lymphocytes, a monocyte, a neutrophil, and many small disc-shaped platelets. Red cells are nonnucleated, and contain hemoglobin, containing iron an important protein which allows the cell to carry oxygen to other parts of the body. They also carry away carbon dioxide from the lungs. The infection-fighting white blood cells, are classified in 2 main groups: granular and agranular. Granulocytes are formed in bone marrow, agranulocytes are produced by lymph nodes and spleen. There are two types of agranulocytes: lymphocytes, fight disease by producing antibodies and thus destroying foreign material, and monocytes. Platelets are tiny cells formed in bone marrow and are necessary for blood clotting. Credit: Bruce Wetzel (photographer). Harry Schaefer (phot. |  | High school senior Danielle Spearman counts blood platelets at the ARS Human Nutrition Research Center in Beltsville, Maryland. P. Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Scott Bauer.. |
 | With Your Help He Has a Fighting Chance : Share The Gift of Life. Make a Date to Give Blood, Platelets and Plasma Today. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |  | Happiness Is... : Sharing The Gift of Life. Make a Date to Give Blood, Platelets and Plasma Today. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
 | Become One of the Special People : Make a Date to Give Blood, Platelets and Plasma Today. Credit: National Library of Medicine. | ||
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | We believe platelets are overused in some conditions. (references) | |
In adult ITP, it can also induce increases in the platelets. (references) | ||
In WAS, the spleen wrongly filters platelets out of the blood. (references) | ||
Business | These systems measure various components of whole blood, including red and white blood cells and platelets, and are the most commonly ordered tests; and Microbiology culture systems and their reagents accounted for 4 percent, or $22 million. (references) | |
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| "PLATELETS" is generally used as a noun (plural) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "PLATELETS" is used about 185 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (plural) | 100% | 185 | 22,646 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "PLATELETS": Blood Platelets. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "PLATELETS": platelets-derived. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "PLATELETS"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | komplementbinding paa blodplader (complement fixation on platelets), den fine stribning tyder paa,at pladerne er sammensat af lameller (the fine streaks lead to the assumption that the platelets are composed of lamellae), blodpladeafledt vækstfaktor (platelets-derived growth factor). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | uit bloedplaatjes afgeleide groeifactor (platelets-derived growth factor), de fijne strepen lijken erop te wijzen dat de plaatjes uit lamellen zijn samengesteld (the fine streaks lead to the assumption that the platelets are composed of lamellae), complementbinding op bloedplaatjes (complement fixation on platelets). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | verihiutalekasvutekijä (platelets-derived growth factor). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
French | fixation du complément sur plaquettes (complement fixation on platelets), facteur de croissance dérivé des plaquettes (platelets-derived growth factor), des stries fines sont egalement visibles, elles indiquent que les plaquettes sont constituées d'empilement de lamelles (the fine streaks lead to the assumption that the platelets are composed of lamellae). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Fixierung des Komplements auf Plättchen (complement fixation on platelets), die feine Streifung deutet darauf hin, dass die Platten aus Lamellen zusammengesetzt sind (the fine streaks lead to the assumption that the platelets are composed of lamellae), aus Blutplättchen stammender Wachstumsfaktor (platelets-derived growth factor). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | σταθεροποίηση του συμπληρώματος επί πλακιδίων (complement fixation on platelets), αιμοπεταλιακός αυξητικός παράγοντας (platelets-derived growth factor), οι λεπτές ταινίες οδηγούν στην υπόθεση οτι τα πλακίδια αποτελούνται από λωρίδες (the fine streaks lead to the assumption that the platelets are composed of lamellae). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | la fine tratteggiatura fa supporre che le placchette siano formateda lamelle (the fine streaks lead to the assumption that the platelets are composed of lamellae), fissazione del complemento su piastrine (complement fixation on platelets), fattore di crescita derivato dalle piastrine (platelets-derived growth factor). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ateletsplay factor de crescimento derivado das plaquetas (platelets-derived growth factor), as estrias finas igualmente visíveis deixam presumir que as plaquetas são constituídas por lamelas (the fine streaks lead to the assumption that the platelets are composed of lamellae). (various references) las finas estrías hacen suponer que las plaquetas están formadas por estructuras laminares (the fine streaks lead to the assumption that the platelets are composed of lamellae), factor de crecimiento derivado de las plaquetas (platelets-derived growth factor). (various references) trombocytrelaterad tillväxtfaktor (platelets-derived growth factor). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Misspellings | |
"PLATELETS" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: plateless, platellets, platlet, platlete, platlets. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "PLATELETS" (pronounced plā"tluts) |
| 5 | -t l u t s | nutlets. |
| 4 | -l u t s | amulets, anklets, articulates, ballots, billets, booklets, bracelets, branchlets, bullets, chocolates, consulates, correlates, droplets, eyelets, fillets, hamlets, helots, islets, leaflets, millets, omelets, palates, pallets, pamphlets, particulates, pellets, piglets, pilots, prelates, quintuplets, sextuplets, starlets, tablets, toilets, triplets, violets, wallets, zealots. |
| 3 | -u t s | advocates, affidavits, affiliates, affricates, agates, aggregates, animates, approximates, associates, audits, Babbitts, bandits, banquets, barbiturates, baronets, baskets, berets, bigots, biscuits, blankets, bluebonnets, brackets, buckets, budgets, buffets, cabinets, carats, carpets, carrots, caskets, certificates, chariots, chestnuts, cheviots, ciliates, circuits, climates, closets, comets, compatriots, composites, conduits, conglomerates, coordinates, covets, credits, crickets, culprits, deficits, degenerates, demerits, deposits, diets, digits, discredits, dockets, doctorates, edits, electorates, electromagnets, elicits, Emirates, ergots, estimates, exhibits, exits, facets, faucets, favorites, ferrets, frigates, gadgets, garrets, gaskets, graduates, guesstimates, habits, hatchets, helmets, hermits, hornets, hypermarkets, idiots, illiterates, inaugurates, ingots, inhabits, inherits, inhibits, initiates, intermediates, interprets, intimates, invertebrates, jackets, jesuits, junkets, laminates, lancets, laureates, legates, limits, limpets, maggots, magnets, markets, merits, microcircuits, microclimates, midgets, minutes, moderates, nonprofits, nuggets, opiates, opposites, orbits, packets, parrots, patriots, peanuts, perquisites, pickets, pickpockets, pirates, planets, plaudits, plummets, pockets, poets, portraits, posits, prerequisites, privates, profits, prohibits, prophets, puppets, quiets, rackets, racquets, requisites, revisits, rickets, riots, rivets, rockets, russets, secrets, silicates, snippets, sockets, solicits, spigots, spirits, summits, supermarkets, surrogates, targets, tenets, thickets, tickets, trinkets, trumpets, turrets, underestimates, undergraduates, unfortunates, units, visits, wastebaskets, whats, wickets, widgets. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: pallettes. | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-e-l-l-p-s-t-t" | |
-1 letter: palettes, pallette, platelet, stellate. | |
-2 letters: palette, pallets, pellets, peltast, peltate, pettles, septate, tallest. | |
-3 letters: allees, aptest, asleep, elapse, elates, estate, etapes, lapels, latest, lattes, palest, palets, pallet, pastel, pattee, pellet, peseta, pestle, petals, pettle, plates, please, pleats, sallet, septal, septet, settle, staple, stelae, stella, teasel, tepals, testae. | |
-4 letters: allee, easel, elate, etape, lapel, lapse. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-e-l-l-p-s-t-t" | |
+1 letter: paillettes. | |
+3 letters: pestilential. | |
+4 letters: electroplates, interpellates. | |
+5 letters: interpellators, pelletizations, pestilentially, postcollegiate, posterolateral. | |
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