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cytopenia

[sahy-tuh-pee-nee-uh]

noun Pathology.

the condition of having a decreased number of cellular elements in the blood; hypocytosis.

Nearby words

  1. cytopathogenic,
  2. cytopathogenic virus,
  3. cytopathologic,
  4. cytopathology,
  5. cytopathy,
  6. cytophagic panniculitis,
  7. cytophagous,
  8. cytophagy,
  9. cytopharynx,
  10. cytophilic

Origin of cytopenia

cyto- + Greek penía poverty, want
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Medicine definitions for cytopenia

cytopenia

[sī′tə-pē′nē-ə]

n.

A deficiency or lack of cellular elements in the circulating blood.
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