Platelets

Medications or other substances that prevent blood cells called platelets from clustering and forming blood clots.

Abbreviation for complete blood count—tests run on a blood sample to provide information on red cells, white cells, and platelets.

An enzyme that helps blood cells known as platelets stick to each other, a key step in the formation of a blood clot.

The process of taking blood from a healthy person and infusing it into a person whose own blood has been depleted during surgery or an accident, or is for some reason not…