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- [pleyt-lit]
- /ˈpleɪt lɪt/
- /ˈpleɪt.lət/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [pleyt-lit]
- /ˈpleɪt lɪt/
Definitions of platelet word
- noun platelet a small platelike body, especially a blood platelet. 1
- noun platelet blood cell 1
- countable noun platelet Platelets are a kind of blood cell. If you cut yourself and you are bleeding, platelets help to stop the bleeding. 0
- noun platelet a minute cell occurring in the blood of vertebrates and involved in clotting of the blood 0
- noun platelet any of certain round or oval, nonnucleated disks, smaller than a red blood cell and containing no hemoglobin, found in the blood of mammals and associated with the process of blood clotting 0
- noun platelet thrombocyte (sense 1) 0
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Origin of platelet
First appearance:
before 1890 One of the 20% newest English words
First recorded in 1890-95; plate1 + -let
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Parts of speech for Platelet
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
platelet popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 83% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
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