blodplade
Danish
Etymology
From blod (“blood”) + plade (“plate”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /blodplaːdə/, [ˈb̥loðˌpʰlæːðə]
Noun
blodplade c (singular definite blodpladen, plural indefinite blodplader)
- (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
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