thrombocytopenia
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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.
- Synonym: thrombopenia
Derived terms
- idiopathic thrombocytopenia
- immune thrombocytopenia
- immunothrombocytopenia
- microthrombocytopenia
- severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome (SFTS)
- thrombocytopenic
- thrombosis with thrombocytopenia syndrome (TTS)
- thrombotic thrombocytopenia
- vaccine-induced immune thrombotic thrombocytopenia (VITT)
- vaccine-induced prothrombotic immune thrombocytopenia (VIPIT)
Translations
abnormally low platelet count
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