plaqueta

Borrowed from French plaquette.

• IPA^(key): (Central) [pləˈkɛ.tə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [pləˈkə.tə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [plaˈke.ta]

plaqueta f (plural plaquetes)

1. (hematology) platelet (particle found in the blood of mammals which helps with clotting)

   Synonym: trombòcit

• “plaqueta”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “plaqueta”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.
• “plaqueta” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “plaqueta” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Borrowed from French plaquette.^[1][2] By surface analysis, placa +‎ -eta.

• Rhymes: -etɐ
• Hyphenation: pla‧que‧ta

plaqueta f (plural plaquetas)

1. (hematology) platelet (particle found in the blood of mammals which helps with clotting)

   Synonyms: hematoblasto, trombócito

2. diminutive of placa

Borrowed from French plaquette.

• IPA^(key): /plaˈketa/ [plaˈke.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -eta
• Syllabification: pla‧que‧ta

plaqueta f (plural plaquetas)

1. (hematology) platelet (particle found in the blood of mammals which helps with clotting)

   Synonym: trombocito

• “plaqueta”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024