thrombocytopenia
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of thrombocytopenia
First recorded in 1920–25; thrombocyte + -o- + -penia
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Sanofi also received approval in Japan for its drug Wayrilz to treat immune thrombocytopenia.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 23, 2026
Platelets are cells that help your blood clot, and it was so unusual to see blood clots combined with low platelet levels, that experts coined a new medical term: vaccine-induced thrombosis with thrombocytopenia, or VITT.
From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2024
“No episodes of anaphylaxis, vaccine-enhanced COVID-19, Guillain Barré syndrome, thrombosis with thrombocytopenia syndrome, or myocarditis and/or pericarditis were observed,” the researchers wrote.
From Washington Times ● Apr. 26, 2023
In 2021, the system detected a link between the Johnson & Johnson vaccine and a rare but potentially deadly blood clotting and bleeding syndrome called thrombosis with thrombocytopenia, or TTS.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 13, 2023
If there is an insufficient number of platelets, called thrombocytopenia, blood may not clot properly, and excessive bleeding may result.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
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