platelet

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/ˈpleɪt.lət/

noun

A small colorless disk-shaped particle found in the blood of mammals, which plays an important role in the formation of blood clots.

Similar
blood plateletthrombocyte
OriginEnglish plate ← Middle English plate ← Old French plate →
Less commonScrabble 10
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Meanings

nounplatelet (plural platelets)

plural platelets

  1. biologyA small colorless disk-shaped particle found in the blood of mammals, which plays an important role in the formation of blood clots.

    Synonyms: blood platelet, thrombocyte

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA small colorless disk-shaped particle found in the blood of mammals, which plays an important role in the formation of blood clots.

Similar
blood plateletthrombocyte

More synonyms by meaning

nountiny bits of protoplasm found in vertebrate blood; essential for blood clotting

Similar
blood plateletthrombocyte
Broader
protoplasmliving substance
Also see
blood plateletthrombocyte

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*pleth₂-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*pléth₂us
  3. Proto-Hellenic*plətús
  4. Ancient Greekπλατύς (platús)
  5. Vulgar Latin*platta
  6. Old Frenchplate
  7. Middle Englishplate
  8. Englishplate
  9. Englishplatelet

From plate + -let.

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Translations

Afrikaans bloedplaatjie
  • bloedplaatjieparticle found in the blood of mammals
Arabic صَفِيحَةُ دَمٍ
  • صَفِيحَةُ دَمٍ (ṣafīḥatu damin)particle found in the blood of mammals
Basque plaketa
  • plaketaparticle found in the blood of mammals
Catalan plaqueta, trombòcit
  • plaquetaparticle found in the blood of mammals
  • trombòcitparticle found in the blood of mammals
Chinese Mandarin 血小板
  • 血小板 (xuèxiǎobǎn)particle found in the blood of mammals
Czech krevní destička
  • krevní destičkaparticle found in the blood of mammals
Danish blodplade
  • blodpladeparticle found in the blood of mammals
Dutch bloedplaatje, trombocyt
  • bloedplaatjeparticle found in the blood of mammals
  • trombocytparticle found in the blood of mammals
Esperanto trombocito
  • trombocitoparticle found in the blood of mammals
Finnish verihiutale
  • verihiutaleparticle found in the blood of mammals
French thrombocyte, plaquette
  • thrombocyteparticle found in the blood of mammals
  • plaquetteparticle found in the blood of mammals
German Thrombozyt, Blutplättchen
  • Thrombozytparticle found in the blood of mammals
  • Blutplättchenparticle found in the blood of mammals
Greek αιμοπετάλιο
  • αιμοπετάλιο (aimopetálio)particle found in the blood of mammals
Hebrew טסית
  • טסית (tasít)particle found in the blood of mammals
Hindi बिंबाणु
  • बिंबाणु (bimbāṇu)particle found in the blood of mammals
Hungarian vérlemezke, trombocita
  • vérlemezkeparticle found in the blood of mammals
  • trombocitaparticle found in the blood of mammals
Icelandic blóðflaga
  • blóðflagaparticle found in the blood of mammals
Indonesian platelet
  • plateletparticle found in the blood of mammals
Irish pláitín, pláitín fola
  • pláitínparticle found in the blood of mammals
  • pláitín folaparticle found in the blood of mammals
Italian piastrina, trombocito
  • piastrinaparticle found in the blood of mammals
  • trombocitoparticle found in the blood of mammals
Japanese 血小板
  • 血小板 (kesshōban)particle found in the blood of mammals
Korean 혈소판
  • 혈소판 (hyeolsopan)particle found in the blood of mammals
Latin thrombocytus
  • thrombocytusparticle found in the blood of mammals
Polish płytka krwi, trombocyt
  • płytka krwiparticle found in the blood of mammals
  • trombocytparticle found in the blood of mammals
  • krwinka płytkowaparticle found in the blood of mammals
  • płytka Bizzozeraparticle found in the blood of mammals
Portuguese plaqueta
  • plaquetaparticle found in the blood of mammals
Romanian trombocit, plachetă sangvină
  • trombocitparticle found in the blood of mammals
  • plachetă sangvinăparticle found in the blood of mammals
Russian тромбоци́т
  • тромбоци́т (trombocít)particle found in the blood of mammals
Spanish plaqueta, trombocito
  • plaquetaparticle found in the blood of mammals
  • trombocitoparticle found in the blood of mammals
Swedish blodplätt, trombocyt
  • blodplättparticle found in the blood of mammals
  • trombocytparticle found in the blood of mammals
Tagalog muntilipay
  • muntilipayparticle found in the blood of mammals
Thai เกล็ดเลือด, แผ่นเลือด
  • เกล็ดเลือด (glèt-lʉ̂ʉat)particle found in the blood of mammals
  • แผ่นเลือดparticle found in the blood of mammals
Turkish trombosit, kan pulcuğu
  • trombositparticle found in the blood of mammals
  • kan pulcuğuparticle found in the blood of mammals
Ukrainian тромбоци́т
  • тромбоци́т (trombocýt)particle found in the blood of mammals
Vietnamese tiểu cầu
  • tiểu cầuparticle found in the blood of mammals

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

altepetl
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