thrombocytopenia
English
Alternative forms
- thrombocytopaenia is an incorrect spelling of this word, and is based on the false assumption that the -penia was converted into American English from British English from -paenia.
Etymology
From thrombocyte + -o- + -penia.
Noun
thrombocytopenia (countable and uncountable, plural thrombocytopenias)
- (hematology) An abnormally low number of platelets in the blood.
Synonyms
Derived terms
- immunothrombocytopenia
- microthrombocytopenia
- thrombocytopenic
- severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome (SFTS)
Translations
abnormally low platelet count
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