Look up: platelets

1. platelets
   (Humans as organisms) white blood cell fragments which circulate in the blood and assist in clotting
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2. Platelets
   Disc-shaped cell structures present in the blood. Platelets have several functions, all relating to the arrest of bleeding.
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3. Platelets
   are small colourless discs of cytoplasm found in blood. When platelets come into contact with a damaged vessels surface they change in several important ways. They begin to swell, their shape becomes irregular with protruding processes, they become sticky and they release an enzyme which causes the ...
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4. Platelets
   Sticky, plate-shaped particles in the blood that stick to the vessel wall around injury sites, loosely filling the gap until the bleeding slows or stops.
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5. Platelets
   Bits of cells needed for clotting blood
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6. platelets
   Components of blood concerned with clotting
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7. platelets
   A particle found in the bloodstream that binds to fibrinogen at the site of a wound to begin the blood clotting process. Platelets are formed in bone marrow, where they arise from cells called megakaryocytes. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...
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8. Platelets
   Platelets are tiny specialized cells that are activated whenever blood clotting or repair to a vessel is necessary. Although they are often called cells, they are really fragments of other cells. They are made in bone marrow and are much smaller than red blood cells. A drop of blood contains some 15...
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9. PLATELETS
   Cell fragments released from megakaryocytes, that play an important role in blood clotting.
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10. Platelets
    Special blood ccils that help stop bleeding.
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11. platelets
    (plat-letz) Small fragments of specific bone marrow cells that function in blood coagulation; also called thrombocytes.
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12. platelets
    (plat-letz) Small fragments of specific bone marrow cells that function in blood coagulation; also called thrombocytes.
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