trombosit

Indonesian

Etymology

Internationalism, borrowed from Dutch trombocyt.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /trɔmˈbosɪt̚/
• Rhymes: -sɪt, -ɪt, -t
• Hyphenation: trom‧bo‧sit

Noun

trombosit (plural trombosit-trombosit, first-person possessive trombositku, second-person possessive trombositmu, third-person possessive trombositnya)

1. (hematology) platelet: A small colorless disk-shaped particle found in the blood of mammals, which plays an important role in the formation of blood clots.

   Synonyms: keping darah, lempeng darah, platelet

Further reading

• “trombosit” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.