blodplade

Danish

Etymology

From blod (“blood”) +‎ plade (“plate”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /blodplaːdə/, [ˈb̥loðˌpʰlæːðə]

Noun

blodplade c (singular definite blodpladen, plural indefinite blodplader)

  1. (cytology) platelet (a small colorless disk-shaped particle found in the blood of mammals, which plays an important role in the formation of blood clots)

Inflection

Declension of blodplade
common
gender 		singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative blodplade blodpladen blodplader blodpladerne
genitive blodplades blodpladens blodpladers blodpladernes

Synonyms

  • thrombocyt

Further reading

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