blood platelet

blood platelet

n. See platelet.

blood′ plate`let

n. any of the minute, nonnucleated cellular elements in mammalian blood essential for coagulation. [1895–1900]

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blood platelet - tiny bits of protoplasm found in vertebrate blood; essential for blood clottingplatelet, thrombocyteliving substance, protoplasm - the substance of a living cell (including cytoplasm and nucleus)