How to Use platelet in a Sentence

platelet

noun

• 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.
  — Lydia Price, Peoplemag, 16 July 2024
• So two of them come every 2 weeks and donate platelets which takes 2 hours.
  — Mariah Haas, PEOPLE.com, 1 May 2018
• 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 | [e-mail], 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 | [e-mail], 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
• 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
• Bleeding and bruising: The damage to the kidney can lead to thrombocytopenia, which occurs when your blood has insufficient platelets that your body needs to use for blood clotting.
  — Mark Gurarie, Health, 25 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 16 Dec 2024