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Definition: Blood Platelet |
Blood PlateletNoun1. Tiny bits of protoplasm found in vertebrate blood; essential for blood clotting. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definition |
Public Administration | Platelet: a minute, flattened body. Blood-platelet: one of the minute protoplasmic disks occurring in vertebrate blood, playing a role in blood clotting. Source: European Union. (references) |
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Synonyms: Blood PlateletSynonyms: platelet (n), thrombocyte (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Blood Platelet |
| Specialty definitions using "blood platelet": Blood Coagulation Disorders ♦ Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors ♦ Thrombopoietin. (references) |
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Books | |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Thrombocytopenia refers to decrease in blood platelet. (references) | |
Antibodies, part of the body's immunologic defense against infection, attach to blood platelet, cells that help stop bleeding, and cause their destruction. (references) | ||
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Expression using "blood platelet": Blood Platelet Disorders. Additional references. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
blood platelet | 123 |
low blood platelet | 55 |
low blood platelet count | 12 |
blood platelet disorder | 4 |
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| Language | Translations for "blood platelet"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Danish | blodplade (thrombocyte), trombocyt (thrombocyte), thrombocyt (thrombocyte). (various references) | |
Dutch | bloedplaatje (thrombocyte), trombocyt (thrombocyte), thrombocyt (thrombocyte). (various references) | |
French | thrombocyte, plaquette sanguine, plaquette, hématoblaste, globulin. (various references) | |
German | Blutplaettchen (thrombocyte), Blutplättchen (thrombocyte), Thrombozyt (thrombocyte), Thromboit (thrombocyte). (various references) | |
Greek | αιμοπετάλιο (platelet). (various references) | |
Italian | trombocito (thrombocyte), trombocita (thrombocyte), piastrina (platelet). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | oodblay ateletplay.(various references) | |
Spanish | trombocito (thrombocyte), plaqueta de sangre, plaqueta (plaquette, platelet). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-d-e-e-l-l-l-o-o-p-t-t" | |
-5 letters: allotted, allottee, balloted, bedplate, labelled, lapelled, lolloped, pallette, pelletal, petalled, platelet, tableted, tabletop, tellable, telltale, toeplate, totalled. | |
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