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aplastic anemia definition

aplas·tic anemia (ā plas′tik)

a form of anemia resulting from a failure of the bone marrow to produce adequate quantities of the essential blood components, including leukocytes and platelets

Etymology: < ModL aplasia, incomplete development (see a- & -plasia) + -ic

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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