Thrombocytic
noun, Anatomy.
1.
platelet.
2.
one of the minute, nucleate cells that aid coagulation in the blood of those vertebrates that do not have blood platelets.
noun
1.
another name for platelet
thrombocyte throm·bo·cyte (thrŏm’bə-sīt’)
n.
See platelet.
throm’bo·cyt’ic (-sĭt’ĭk) adj.
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