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# platelet

noun (a platelet, platelets)

«platelet» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

A tiny piece in your blood that helps it clot (go thick and sticky) to stop bleeding when you are cut. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/platelet/#m1)

### In the lessons

In science lessons about the body, blood is made of plasma, red blood cells, white blood cells and platelets. Platelets rush to a cut and stick together to make a plug, which becomes a scab. In hospital stories a "platelet count" is checked; people can donate platelets.

### Examples

- Platelets help your blood clot when you cut your finger. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/platelet/#x1)
- Blood is made of plasma, red cells, white cells and platelets. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/platelet/#x2)
- The scab on your knee started with platelets sticking together. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/platelet/#x3)
- The doctor checked her platelet count. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/platelet/#x4)
- Platelets are much smaller than red blood cells. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/platelet/#x5)
- Some people donate platelets to help patients in hospital. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/platelet/#x6)

### Note

Countable: a platelet, platelets; usually used in the plural. The word means "little plate" because of their flat shape. Platelets are not full cells; they are fragments of bigger cells.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «platelet» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/platelet/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«platelet» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/platelet.html) on Mova free.