BLOOD PLATELET

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does blood platelet mean? 

• BLOOD PLATELET (noun)
  The noun BLOOD PLATELET has 1 sense:

1. tiny bits of protoplasm found in vertebrate blood; essential for blood clotting

  Familiarity information: BLOOD PLATELET used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BLOOD PLATELET (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

blood platelet; platelet; thrombocyte

Hypernyms ("blood platelet" is a kind of...):

living substance; protoplasm (the substance of a living cell (including cytoplasm and nucleus))

 Context examples 

Megakaryocyte Proliferation involves multiplication or reproduction through cell division of megakaryocytes, a large cell in the bone marrow with a lobulated nucleus that releases mature blood platelets from its cytoplasm.

(Megakaryocyte Proliferation, NCI Thesaurus)

The transfer of blood platelets from a donor to a recipient or reinfusion to the donor.

(Platelet Transfusion, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

Very large bone marrow cells which release mature blood platelets.

(Megakaryocyte, NCI Thesaurus)

High death rate from hemorrhage due to blood platelet disease (Harrington 1981).

(IR, Rat Strain, NCI Thesaurus)

Activation of TPO-R leads to the proliferation and differentiation of megakaryocytes, thereby increasing the production of blood platelets.

(Eltrombopag, NCI Thesaurus)

A rare inherited bleeding disorder characterized by the decrease or absence of the platelet alpha-granules and their proteins in the peripheral blood platelets.

(Gray Platelet Syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)

A mass of blood that forms when blood platelets, proteins, and cells stick together.

(Blood clot, NCI Dictionary)