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  1. platelets

    Plural form of the word platelet.

    Platelets in the blood play an important role.


    Submitted by MaryC on September 6, 2020  

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Platelets in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Platelets in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of Platelets in a Sentence

  1. Stanley Hazen:

    Our blood vessels are always under pressure and we spring leaks, and blood platelets are constantly plugging these holes all the time.

  2. Bob Barnes:

    I was really tired, [Donating platelets] saps me … I had no energy.

  3. Maureen Nemetski:

    I drilled a hole into her shin bone and placed an intraosseous line -- a bone catheter -- so that we could inject platelets and medications into her blood through her bone marrow. I can not imagine her parents' horror on hearing the crack of the drill bit into their baby's leg, we took turns pounding on this baby's chest and trying to pump air into lungs that had filled with blood.

  4. The CDC:

    Nearly all reports of this serious condition, which involves blood clots with low platelets, have been in adult women younger than 50 years old.

  5. Stanley Hazen:

    But what we’re seeing with erythritol is the platelets become super responsive — a mere 10% stimulant produces 90 to 100% of a clot formation, for people who are at risk for clotting, heart attack and stroke — like people with existing cardiac disease or people with diabetes — I think that there’s sufficient data here to say stay away from erythritol until more studies are done.

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