plate·let 
(plātlĭt)
(plātlĭt)n.
A minute, nonnucleated, disklike cytoplasmic body found in the blood plasma of mammals that is derived from a megakaryocyte and functions to promote blood clotting. Also called blood platelet, thrombocyte.
plateletmicrograph of blood platelets
- non-insulin-dependent diabetes
- non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus
- nonintervention
- noninterventionist
- noninvasive
- noninvolvement
- nonissue
- nonjoinder
- nonjudgmental
- nonjuring
- nonjuror
- nonleaded
- nonlinear
- nonlinearity
- nonliterate
- nonmarketable
- nonmetal
- nonmetallic
- nonmoral
- nonnegative
- nonnegotiable
- nonnuclear
- non-nucleoside analog
- non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor
- no-no