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Definitions of platelets in various dictionaries:
noun - tiny bits of protoplasm found in vertebrate blood
noun - a small, flattened body
PLATELETS - Platelets, also called thrombocytes (from Greek , "clot" and , "cell"), are a component of blood whose function (along with the coagulation factors) ...
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| Certain cell fragments |
| Thrombocytes |
| They're in your blood |
| Bloody things let into some bits of China |
| Blood bits |
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| These disc-shaped blood cells are also called thrombocytes |
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| Plural form of platelet. |
| a small colourless disc-shaped cell fragment without a nucleus, found in large numbers in blood and involved in clotting. |
| A small colourless disc-shaped cell fragment without a nucleus, found in large numbers in blood and involved in clotting. |
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Platelets, also called thrombocytes (from Greek , "clot" and , "cell"), are a component of blood whose function (along with the coagulation factors) is to react to bleeding from blood vessel injury by clumping, thereby initiating a blood clot. Platelets have no cell nucleus: they are fragments of cytoplasm that are derived from the megakaryocytes of the bone marrow, and then enter the circulation. Circulating unactivated platelets are biconvex discoid (lens-shaped) structures, 23 µm in greatest diameter. Platelets are found only in mammals, whereas in other animals (e.g. birds, amphibians) thrombocytes circulate as intact mononuclear cells.* On a stained blood smear, platelets appear as dark purple spots, about 20% the diameter of red blood cells. The smear is used to examine platelets for size, shape, qualitative number, and clumping. The ratio of platelets to red blood cells in a healthy adult ranges from 1:10 to 1:20. * The main function of platelets is to contribute to hemostasis: t |