plaqueta

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Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from French plaquette.

Pronunciation

Noun

plaqueta f (plural plaquetes)

  1. (hematology) platelet (particle found in the blood of mammals which helps with clotting)
    Synonym: trombòcit

Further reading

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from French plaquette.[1][2] By surface analysis, placa +‎ -eta.

Pronunciation

 

  • Rhymes: -etɐ
  • Hyphenation: pla‧que‧ta

Noun

plaqueta f (plural plaquetas)

  1. (hematology) platelet (particle found in the blood of mammals which helps with clotting)
    Synonyms: hematoblasto, trombócito
  2. diminutive of placa

References

  1. ^ “plaqueta”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
  2. ^ “plaqueta”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from French plaquette.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /plaˈketa/
  • Rhymes: -eta
  • Syllabification: pla‧que‧ta

Noun

plaqueta f (plural plaquetas)

  1. (hematology) platelet (particle found in the blood of mammals which helps with clotting)
    Synonym: trombocito

Derived terms

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