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In hematology, thrombocytopenia is a condition characterized by abnormally low levels of platelets (also known as thrombocytes) in the blood. [2] Low levels of platelets in turn may lead to prolonged or excessive bleeding.
The term thrombocyte (clot cell) came into use in the early 1900s and is sometimes used as a synonym for platelet; but not generally in the scientific literature, except as a root word for other terms related to platelets (e.g. thrombocytopenia meaning low platelets).
Thrombosis (from Ancient Greek θρόμβωσις (thrómbōsis) ' clotting ') is the formation of a blood clot inside a blood vessel, obstructing the flow of blood through the circulatory system.
Diagram of T. gondii structure with dense granules. T. gondii contains organelles called unique organelles including dense granules. Dense granules, along with other secretory vesicles such as a microneme and rhoptry secrete proteins involved in the gliding motility, invasion, and parasitophorous vacuole formation of Toxoplasma gondii.
Giant platelet disorders, also known as macrothrombocytopenia, are rare disorders featuring abnormally large platelets, thrombocytopenia and a tendency to bleeding. Giant platelets cannot stick adequately to injured blood vessel walls, resulting in abnormal bleeding when injured.
Marga Tjoa (27 January 1943 – 17 August 2023) was an Indonesian popular romance and children's literature writer better known by the pen name Marga T.One of Indonesia's most prolific writers, she first became well known in 1971 for her serial Karmila which was published as a book in 1973 and later made into a film.
Books of Blood is a 2020 American anthology horror film directed by Brannon Braga and co-written by Braga and Adam Simon.It is based on Books of Blood by Clive Barker and is the second film adaptation after Book of Blood (2009).