platelet
IPA: pɫˈeɪtɫʌt
noun
- (hematology, cytology) A small colorless disk-shaped particle found in the blood of mammals, which plays an important role in the formation of blood clots.
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Examples of "platelet" in Sentences
- Drug induced platelet dysfunction.
- Platelet transfusion refractoriness.
- Ditazole is a platelet aggregation inhibitor.
- Cloricromen is a platelet aggregation inhibitor.
- Platelet sequestration and autologous platelet gel.
- Platelets help blood clot. Platelets help blood clot.
- In the bloodstream it is mostly found in platelet granules.
- Platelets in the veins draining the gut collect excess serotonin.
- The compounds are useful in inhibition of blood platelet aggregation.
- The solvent is agitated to reduce the laminar platelets to final size.
- When the flat mica platelet is coated with color, it becomes the perfect base for eye shadow.
- Secondary study objectives were to evaluate long-term platelet responses and the use of concurrent ITP therapies.
- This flat platelet is then colored, either with natural or non-natural colors, to form a shimmery, diamond-like color.
- The treatment, known as platelet-rich plasma, or PRP, is one of a growing number of therapies that enhance the body's ability to heal itself.
- But Galea preferred to identify the precise area in need of repair and utilized a "blood-spinning" technique called platelet-rich plasma therapy.
- Milazzo L, Vulcano F, Pascuccio M, Macioce G, et al. (2008) Long-term platelet production assessed in NOD/SCID mice injected with cord blood CD34+ cells, thrombopoietin-amplified in clinical grade serum-free culture.
- Instead, they found that the drugs 'rapid benefit appears to derive from the ability to block receptors of a tyrosine kinase not known to be implicated in diabetes, an enzyme known as platelet-derived growth factor receptor, or PDGFR.