THROMBOCYTOPENIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does thrombocytopenia mean? 

• THROMBOCYTOPENIA (noun)
  The noun THROMBOCYTOPENIA has 1 sense:

1. a blood disease characterized by an abnormally small number of platelets in the blood

  Familiarity information: THROMBOCYTOPENIA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• THROMBOCYTOPENIA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A blood disease characterized by an abnormally small number of platelets in the blood

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

thrombocytopenia; thrombopenia

Hypernyms ("thrombocytopenia" is a kind of...):

blood disease; blood disorder (a disease or disorder of the blood)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "thrombocytopenia"):

essential thrombocytopenia (the primary form of thrombocytopenia (rather than a shortage of platelets caused by other conditions such as tuberculosis or chemical suppression of bone marrow etc.))

 Context examples 

Some diseases in this group may be associated with bone marrow failure, neutropenia, and/or thrombocytopenia.

(Congenital Abnormalities of Erythrocyte Differentiation or Function, NCI Thesaurus)

Thrombocytopenia is very uncommon during the chronic phase.

(Chronic Phase Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia, BCR-ABL1 Positive, NCI Thesaurus/WHO)

It causes leukemia and thrombocytopenia in almost all human patients.

(Carboquone, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

Thrombocytopenia is a disorder caused by a very low platelet level.

(An overlooked role for lungs in blood formation, NIH)

Thrombocytopenia caused by ingested or injected drugs.

(Drug Induced Thrombocytopenia, NCI Thesaurus)

Defects in the gene cause congenital amegakaryocytic thrombocytopenia.

(MPL wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

Compared to unfractionated heparins, the use of enoxaparin is associated with lower incidences of osteoporosis and heparin-induced thrombocytopenia.

(Enoxaparin, NCI Thesaurus)

Patients have no anemia or thrombocytopenia and three or more areas of lymphoid involvement.

(Binet Stage B, NCI Thesaurus)

Compared to unfractionated heparins, the use of dalteparin is associated with lower incidences of osteoporosis and heparin-induced thrombocytopenia.

(Dalteparin, NCI Thesaurus)

Patients typically present with anemia, thrombocytopenia, fever and fatigue.

(Acute Myelomonocytic Leukemia, NCI Thesaurus)