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PLATELET
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Tiny bits of protoplasm found in vertebrate blood; essential for blood clotting
Synonyms:
blood platelet; platelet; thrombocyte
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("platelet" is a kind of...):
living substance; protoplasm (the substance of a living cell (including cytoplasm and nucleus))
Context examples:
It binds to the thrombopoietin receptor and causes the bone marrow to make more platelets.
(AMG 531, NCI Dictionary)
A condition characterized by a decrease in the number of platelets in the blood below established reference ranges in a newborn.
(Neonatal Thrombocytopenia, NCI Thesaurus)
A drug used to increase the number of blood cells, especially platelets, in some cancer patients receiving chemotherapy.
(Neumega, NCI Dictionary)
Plasma is the single largest component of blood and is the clear liquid that remains after the removal of red and white blood cells and platelets.
(Study highlights potential for ‘liquid health check’ to predict disease risk, University of Cambridge)
Any platelet aggregation process that decreases the rate, frequency or extent of platelet aggregation.
(Negative Regulation of Platelet Aggregation Process, NCI Thesaurus)
Anagrelide inhibits cyclic AMP phosphodiesterase, as well as ADP- and collagen-induced platelet aggregation.
(Anagrelide, NCI Thesaurus)
Very large bone marrow cells which release mature blood platelets.
(Megakaryocyte, NCI Thesaurus)
A biological process that refers to the maturation of megakaryocytes and the release of platelets.
(Megakaryocyte Differentiation, NCI Thesaurus)
A drug that is used to decrease the number of platelets in the blood in order to prevent blood clotting.
(Anagrelide, NCI Dictionary)
The hydrochloride salt of a synthetic quinazoline derivative, Anagrelide Hydrochloride reduces platelet production through a decrease in megakaryocyte maturation.
(Anagrelide Hydrochloride, NCI Thesaurus)
