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THROMBOCYTE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does thrombocyte mean?
• THROMBOCYTE (noun)
The noun THROMBOCYTE has 1 sense:
1. tiny bits of protoplasm found in vertebrate blood; essential for blood clotting
Familiarity information: THROMBOCYTE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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 ("thrombocyte" is a kind of...):
living substance; protoplasm (the substance of a living cell (including cytoplasm and nucleus))
Context examples
An increased number of thrombocytes (platelets) in the blood, without a known cause.
(Essential thrombocythemia, NCI Dictionary)
A measurement of the platelets (non-nucleated thrombocytes) in a biological specimen.
(Platelet Count, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
A measurement of the nucleated thrombocytes in a biological specimen.
(Nucleated Thrombocyte Count, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
The determination of the amount of nucleated thrombocytes present in a sample.
(Nucleated Thrombocyte Count, NCI Thesaurus)
Also called thrombocyte.
(Platelet, NCI Dictionary)
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