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platelet

/ˈpleɪt.lət/

platelet noun: a small colorless disk-shaped particle found in the blood of mammals, which plays an important role in the formation of blood clots.

Noun

platelet (plural platelets)

  1. A small colorless disk-shaped particle found in the blood of mammals, which plays an important role in the formation of blood clots.

platelet meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Bengali and Kannada

platelet in Hindi

particle found in the blood of mammals
बिंबाणु bimbāṇu

platelet in Tamil

நுண் தட்டு, இரத்த வட்டுகள், சிறுதட்டு, தட்டையம், வட்டுகள்

platelet in Bengali

অণুচক্রিকা

platelet in Kannada

particle found in the blood of mammals
ಕಿರುಬಿಲ್ಲೆ kirubille
More languagesFewer languages
platelet in Tagalog
muntilipay
platelet in Arabic
صَفِيحَةُ دَمٍ ṣafīḥatu damin
platelet in Indonesian
platelet
platelet in Thai
เกล็ดเลือด glèt-lʉ̂ʉat, แผ่นเลือด
platelet in Vietnamese
tiểu cầu

Examples of platelet in a sentence

  • Platelet aggregation was measured using turbidimetric aggregometry by applying a 4-channel LBY-NJ4 aggregometer (Precil, Beijing, China).
  • I asked Doc Enigma about my new friends the "clotters” aka platelets, tonight.
  • Beides erythrocytes, DLF is able to attack platelets, mast cells and leukocytes.

All 23 example sentences with platelet

Synonyms of platelet

Forms of platelet

pluralplatelets

Plural of platelet: platelets

Origin of platelet

From plate + -let.

Words formed from platelet

Phrases with platelet

Questions about platelet

What does platelet mean?
Platelet means a small colorless disk-shaped particle found in the blood of mammals, which plays an important role in the formation of blood clots.
What is platelet in Hindi?
Platelet in Hindi is बिंबाणु (bimbāṇu). See Platelet meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is platelet?
Platelet is a noun.
How do you pronounce platelet?
Platelet is pronounced /ˈpleɪt.lət/.
What is the plural of platelet?
The plural of platelet is platelets.

Words near platelet in the dictionary

  1. platelegs
  2. plateless
  3. plateless turtle
  4. plateless turtles
  5. platelessness
  6. platelet
  7. platelet function test
  8. platelet function tests
  9. plateletphereses
  10. plateletpheresis
  11. platelets

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: platelet (page history and authors); platelet (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); platelet (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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