PLATELET

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does platelet mean? 

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

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

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• 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 ("platelet" is a kind of...):

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

 Context examples 

This gene plays a role in both cellular detoxification and platelet degranulation.

(ABCC4 Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

A condition in which bone marrow activity is decreased, resulting in fewer red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets.

(Myelosuppression, NCI Dictionary)

Clot shrinkage occurs when platelets form hand-like protrusions called filopodia.

(How And Why Blood Clots Shrink, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Myelosuppression is a condition in which bone marrow activity is decreased, resulting in fewer red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets.

(Myeloablation, NCI Dictionary)

A labdane diterpenoid that is produced by the Andrographis paniculata plant, which has a broad range of therapeutic applications including anti-inflammatory and anti-platelet aggregation activities and potential antineoplastic properties.

(Andrographolide, NCI Thesaurus)

This gene plays a regulatory role in megakaryocytopoiesis and platelet formation.

(MPL Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

This prevents both platelet aggregation and thrombus formation.

(Abciximab, NCI Thesaurus)

This allele, which encodes thrombopoietin receptor protein, plays a role in megakaryocytopoiesis, hematopoesis and platelet formation.

(MPL wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

They estimated that about half of total platelet production occurs in the lungs.

(An overlooked role for lungs in blood formation, NIH)

Alprostadil is a potent vasodilator agent that increases peripheral blood flow, inhibits platelet aggregation, and induces bronchodilation.

(Alprostadil, NCI Thesaurus)