noun
: one of the minute protoplasmic disks occurring in vertebrate blood, playing a role in blood clotting, and believed to originate as bits of cytoplasm pinched off the megakaryocytes
noun
: one of the minute protoplasmic disks occurring in vertebrate blood, playing a role in blood clotting, and believed to originate as bits of cytoplasm pinched off the megakaryocytes
Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012