HyperDic: blood_platelet

English > 1 sense of the expression blood platelet:
NOUNsubstanceblood platelet, platelet, thrombocytetiny bits of protoplasm found in vertebrate blood
English > blood platelet: 1 sense > noun 1, substance
Meaningtiny bits of protoplasm found in vertebrate blood; essential for blood clotting.
Synonymsplatelet, thrombocyte
Broaderprotoplasm, living substanceThe substance of a living cell (including cytoplasm and nucleus)
Spanishplaqueta, trombocito
Catalanplaqueta, trombòcit

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