(thing) by bonnet Wed Apr 12 2000 at 1:18:02
Singular of platelets, the little clotting helpers in blood that are much more numerous than the red blood cells and white blood cells. Since they are usually measured in the hundreds of thousands per cc, if you are using the singular form it might be because someone is bleeding like stink.

NB: All bleeding stops.
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