Usually means: Small cells, clot blood effectively.
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General (21 matching dictionaries)
  1. platelet: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. platelet: Merriam-Webster
  3. platelet: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. platelet: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. platelet: Collins English Dictionary
  6. platelet: Vocabulary.com
  7. Platelet, platelet: Wordnik
  8. platelet: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. platelet: Wiktionary
  10. platelet: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. platelet: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. platelet: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. platelet: Dictionary.com
  14. platelet: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. Platelet: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. platelet: Rhymezone
  17. platelet: FreeDictionary.org
  18. platelet: Mnemonic Dictionary
  19. platelet: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. platelet: Encyclopedia

Medicine (17 matching dictionaries)
  1. platelet: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Platelet: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
  4. AIDSinfo Glossary (No longer online)
  5. Platelet(s): Merck Manuals
  6. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  7. Cancer Glossary (No longer online)
  8. Health and Wellness Dictionary (No longer online)
  9. Hepatitis C Information Central (No longer online)
  10. Platelet: Glossary of Lymphoma Terms
  11. AIDS Medical Glossary and Drug Chart (No longer online)
  12. platelet: Dictionary of Cancer Terms
  13. Glossary of HIV/AIDS Related Terms (No longer online)
  14. Platelet: Medical dictionary
  15. PERFUSION TECHNOLOGY, OPEN HEART SURGERY AND CARDIOLOGY (No longer online)
  16. Vitamin Glossary (No longer online)
  17. Platelet: Drug Medical Dictionary

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Glossary of Meteorology (No longer online)

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noun:  (hematology, cytology) A small colorless disk-shaped particle found in the blood of mammals, which plays an important role in the formation of blood clots.

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