How do you pronounce platelet?

The recorded pronunciation is /ˈpleɪt.lət/.

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platelet

/ˈpleɪt.lət/

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Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.90 in modern English

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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pleth₂- Proto-Indo-European *-us Proto-Indo-European *pléth₂us Proto-Hellenic *plətús Ancient Greek πλατύς (platús)bor. Vulgar Latin *platta Old French platebor. Middle English plate English plate Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -lus Latin -ellus Old French -el Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tosder.? Late Latin -ittus Old French -et Old French -eletbor. Middle English -let English -let English platelet From plate + -let.

platelets (plural)

antiplatelet interplatelet intraplatelet nanoplatelet nonplatelet plateletpheresis proplatelet

giant platelet disorder gray platelet syndrome grey platelet syndrome Harris platelet syndrome platelet function test sticky platelet syndrome

How do you pronounce platelet?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈpleɪt.lət/.
What does platelet mean?: A small colorless disk-shaped particle found in the blood of mammals, which plays an important role in the formation of blood clots.
Where does platelet come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pleth₂- Proto-Indo-European *-us Proto-Indo-European *pléth₂us Proto-Hellenic *plətús Ancient Greek πλατύς (platús)bor. Vulgar Latin *platta Old French platebor. Middle English plate English plate Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -lus Latin -ellus Old French -el Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tosder.? Late Latin -ittus Old French -et Old French -eletbor. Middle English -let English -let English platelet From plate + -let.

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