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Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from French plaquette.
Pronunciation
Noun
plaqueta f (plural plaquetes)
- (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)
- (hematology) platelet (particle found in the blood of mammals which helps with clotting)
- Synonyms: hematoblasto, trombócito
- diminutive of placa
References
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from French plaquette.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /plaˈketa/
- Rhymes: -eta
- Syllabification: pla‧que‧ta
Noun
plaqueta f (plural plaquetas)
- (hematology) platelet (particle found in the blood of mammals which helps with clotting)
- Synonym: trombocito
Derived terms
Further reading