thrombocytopenia

[throm-boh-sahy-tuh-pee-nee-uh]

noun

an abnormal decrease in the number of blood platelets.

Origin of thrombocytopenia

First recorded in 1920–25; thrombocyte + -o- + -penia

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British Dictionary definitions for thrombocytopenia

thrombocytopenia

noun

pathol an abnormal decrease in the number of platelets in the blood

Word Origin for thrombocytopenia

C20: from German thrombocytopenie from thrombocyte + Greek penia poverty

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thrombocytopenia in Medicine

thrombocytopenia

[thrŏm′bō-sī′tə-pē′nē-ə]

n.

An abnormal decrease in the number of platelets in the blood.thrombopenia

Related formsthrom′bo•cy′to•pe′nic (-pē′nĭk) adj.