THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does thrombocytopenic purpura mean? 

• THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA (noun)
  The noun THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA has 1 sense:

1. purpura associated with a reduction in circulating blood platelets which can result from a variety of factors

  Familiarity information: THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Purpura associated with a reduction in circulating blood platelets which can result from a variety of factors

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura; purpura hemorrhagica; thrombocytopenic purpura; Werlhof's disease

Hypernyms ("thrombocytopenic purpura" is a kind of...):

autoimmune disease; autoimmune disorder (any of a large group of diseases characterized by abnormal functioning of the immune system that causes your immune system to produce antibodies against your own tissues)

peliosis; purpura (any of several blood diseases causing subcutaneous bleeding)

 Context examples 

Also called immune thrombocytopenic purpura and ITP.

(Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura, NCI Dictionary)

A drug used to treat patients with immune thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) who do not get better with other forms of treatment.

(AMG 531, NCI Dictionary)

Causes include thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura, disseminated intravascular coagulation, bone marrow disorders, and antiphospholipid antibody syndrome.

(Excessive Blood Clotting, NCI Thesaurus)

A drug used to treat chronic immune thrombocytopenic purpura (a condition in which platelets are destroyed by the immune system).

(Eltrombopag olamine, NCI Dictionary)

The active ingredient in a drug used to treat chronic immune thrombocytopenic purpura (a condition in which platelets are destroyed by the immune system).

(Eltrombopag, NCI Dictionary)

Also called idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura and immune thrombocytopenic purpura.

(ITP, NCI Dictionary)

Also called idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura and ITP.

(Immune thrombocytopenic purpura, NCI Dictionary)