Thrombocyte

: Thrombocyte Count
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Drugs that can decrease platelet counts include chemotherapeutic agents, chloramphenicol, colchicine, H2 blocking agents, heparin, hydralazine, indomethacin, isoniazid, quinidine, streptomycin, sulfonamide, ...
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thrombocyte (THROM-bo-site)
A blood cell that helps prevent bleeding by causing blood clots to form. Also called a platelet.
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platelets (thrombocytes) - help in blood clotting.
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Thrombocyte count
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PLATELETS - A small disc-shaped cell (thrombocytes) that plays an important role in clot formation.
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Platelets (thrombocytes) are colorless blood cells that play an important role in blood clotting. They stop blood loss by clumping together at the site of a blood vessel injury and forming plugs in vessel holes.
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There are various types of pheresis. In leukapheresis, the leukocytes (white blood cells) are removed. In plateletpheresis, the thrombocytes (blood platelets) are removed. And in plasmapheresis, the liquid part of the blood (the plasma) is removed.
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Nearly half the blood (45 percent) consists of blood cells - red blood cells (erythrocytes), white blood cells (leukocytes) and platelets (thrombocytes). Most of the rest (55 percent) is plasma, a clear, watery, pale yellow fluid.
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Thrombocytopenia An abnormally low number of platelets (thrombocytes). If the platelet count is too low, bleeding could occur. Tracheostomy A surgical opening through the trachea in the neck to provide an artifical airway.
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Thrombocytopenic means that the illness is related to low levels of thrombocytes, another name for platelets.
Purpura means that the illness produces a red or purple rash that is caused by bleeding under the skin.
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The most common types are neutrophils (also called polymorphonuclear cells, PMNs, polys, or granulocytes) and lymphocytes.
Platelets (also called thrombocytes). Platelets are not actually blood cells. They are fragments of large blood-forming cells.
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