blood platelet

noun

Examples of blood platelet in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Another, from a regional branch of the American Red Cross, celebrates his donations to a blood platelet program. Ellis Simani, ProPublica, 18 June 2024 Additional lab and animal research presented in both papers revealed erythritol and xylitol may cause blood platelets to clot more readily. Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 6 June 2024 Despite the gravity of her condition — dengue fever had reduced her blood platelet count to a dangerous low — the health clinic in the region of Gama could do little to accommodate her. Terrence McCoy, Washington Post, 10 Mar. 2024 Platelet donation: This involves a special machine that isolates and takes just the blood platelets, then returns the other blood components — plasma, red cells and white cells — back to the donor. Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 30 Jan. 2024 See all Example Sentences for blood platelet 

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Word History

First Known Use

1888, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of blood platelet was in 1888

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“Blood platelet.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/blood%20platelet. Accessed 26 Jul. 2024.

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blood platelet

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