Assertion: platelet | /r/CapableOf | call thrombocyte
Facets:
value: from greek θρόμβος
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: Platelet, also called thrombocyte, colourless, nonnucleated blood component that is important in the formation of blood clots (coagulation).
text: Platelets, also called thrombocytes (from Greek θρόμβος, "clot" and κύτος, "cell"), are a component of blood whose function (along with the coagulation factors) is to react to bleeding from blood vessel injury by clumping, thereby initiating a blood clot.
text: Platelets, also called thrombocytes, are fragments of larger cells made in the bone marrow called megakaryocytes.
text: Platelets, also called thrombocytes, are small blood cells that help blood to clot.
text: Platelets, also called thrombocytes, are membrane-bound cell fragments that are essential for clot formation during wound healing.
text: Platelets, also called thrombocytes, are membrane-bound cell fragments derived from the fragmentation of larger precursor cells called megakaryocytes, which are derived from stem cells in the bone marrow.
text: Platelets, also called thrombocytes, stop bleeding by helping clot blood and plugging damaged blood vessels.
text: Platelets, also called thrombocytes, are blood cells that cause blood clots and other necessary growth healing functions.
text: Platelets are blood cells called thrombocytes and help your blood clot, so you stop bleeding.