Thrombocyte

Thrombocyte
A platelet. Crucial to normal blood clotting. Although platelets are sometimes classed as blood cells, they are not. They are fragments of a large cell called a megakaryocyte (literally, a large cell).
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SYN: platelet. [thrombo- + G. kytos, cell]

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throm·bo·cyte -bə-.sīt n PLATELET
throm·bo·cyt·ic .thräm-bə-'sit-ik adj

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n.

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throm·bo·cyte (thromґbo-sīt) [thrombo- + -cyte] platelet.

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