BLOOD 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:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("blood platelet" is a kind of...):

living substance; protoplasm (the substance of a living cell (including cytoplasm and nucleus))

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