PLATELET


Meaning of PLATELET in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈplāt-lət ]

noun

Date: 1895

: a minute flattened body (as of ice or a mineral) ; especially : a minute colorless disklike body of mammalian blood that assists in blood clotting by adhering to other platelets and to damaged epithelium — called also blood platelet, thrombocyte

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.