How to Use platelet in a Sentence

platelet

noun
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  • This results in the low platelet count seen in these patients.
    — Mousumi Som, The Conversation, 3 May 2021
  • That means less room for healthy white blood cells, red blood cells, and platelets to form in the bone marrow.
    — Dana Hunsinger Benbow, Indianapolis Star, 11 Nov. 2019
  • The platelets get used up in these clots, leading to low platelet levels.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 13 Apr. 2021
  • Note that platelets have a shelf life of just five days, while whole blood can be stored for up to six weeks.
    — Lauren Oster, Health.com, 2 Oct. 2017
  • Red blood cells must be used within 42 days, and platelets must be used in five.
    — Kyra Haas, azcentral, 10 June 2019
  • As blood and platelet donations drop, gas prices have reached all-time highs in the U.S.
    — Sam Boyer, cleveland, 5 Aug. 2022
  • Because of her low platelet count, her blood was unable to clot.
    — Shannon Shelton Miller, Glamour, 10 Nov. 2020
  • So two of them come every 2 weeks and donate platelets which takes 2 hours.
    — Mariah Haas, PEOPLE.com, 1 May 2018
  • So two of them come every 2 weeks and donate platelets which takes 2 hours.
    — Lydia Price, Peoplemag, 16 July 2024
  • Blood is composed of plasma, red cells, white blood cells and platelets.
    — Stephen Henry, M.d., Clifton Page, M.d., and Thomas Best, M.d., Ph.d., miamiherald, 13 June 2017
  • So two of them come every two weeks and donate platelets which takes two hours.
    — Korin Miller, SELF, 4 May 2018
  • This buildup of promyelocytes leads to a shortage of normal white and red blood cells and platelets in the body.
    — Mark Inabinett | Minabinett@al.com, al, 12 Apr. 2023
  • But if a person has plaque in their blood vessels, those platelets can stick to that plaque and cause blood clots.
    — Julia Landwehr, Health, 31 Aug. 2023
  • The first chip in the system skims off the tiny red blood cells and platelets so that only the CTCs and white blood cells flow into the second.
    — Rachel Feltman, Popular Mechanics, 4 Apr. 2013
  • The results showed that Tazmin had a low-platelet disorder.
    — Lindsey Bever, Washington Post, 24 Feb. 2018
  • Jung has seen the same happen in ferrets with a virus that causes loss of white blood cells called platelets.
    — Jon Cohen, Science | AAAS, 13 Apr. 2020
  • Each platelet is only a few millionths of a metre across.
    — The Economist, 14 June 2018
  • She was treated with platelet infusions and a blood thinner, but had a bleed in her brain the next day.
    — Matthew Herper, STAT, 13 Apr. 2021
  • Ohtani received a platelet-rich plasma injection to ease the strain and treat the injury.
    — Bernie Pleskoff, Forbes, 3 May 2022
  • Blood and platelets can't be manufactured and must come from donors.
    — Morgan Hines, USA TODAY, 12 June 2019
  • Urokinase comes along, carried on the surface of platelets and certain white blood cells, to finish the job.
    — Karen Weintraub, STAT, 6 Apr. 2018
  • Blood is removed from one arm and then a centrifuge separates the platelets.
    — Lisa Maria Garza, orlandosentinel.com, 6 Sep. 2019
  • Nasal steroid sprays, and jabs of platelet-rich blood plasma straight to the nose, could speed cellular healing.
    — Abigail Tucker, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Sep. 2022
  • Eventually, the drug began to work, and my platelet count went down.
    — The Cut, The Cut, 5 Apr. 2018
  • Jones was donating what’s known as platelets, tiny blood cells the body creates to clot and stop bleeding.
    — Christopher Harress | Charress@al.com, al, 25 July 2019
  • Her platelets — clotting cells within the blood — were dwindling.
    — Kate Thayer, chicagotribune.com, 26 June 2019
  • Tests confirmed that her red blood cells and platelets were nearly normal.
    — Lisa Sanders, M.d., New York Times, 16 Mar. 2017
  • The American Red Cross has put out an emergency call for blood and platelet donors.
    — Pioneer Press, Twin Cities, 11 July 2019
  • Anyone who gives blood, platelets or plasma in August will receive a $20 Amazon gift card by email.
    — Claire Reid, Journal Sentinel, 6 Aug. 2024
  • It is indicated by a high lymphocyte count, anemia, and a low platelet count.
    — Julie Scott, Msn, Anp-Bc, Aocnp, Verywell Health, 23 July 2024

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