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thrombocytopenia Definition

thrombo·cyto·pe·nia (t̸hräm′bō sīt′ə pēnē ə)

noun

a decrease below normal in the number of blood platelets in the blood

thrombocytopenia Related Forms

throm′bo·cy′to·pe·nic (-pēnik) adjective

thrombocytopenia Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • include: Practice point Carbamazepine may occasionally cause leucopenia and other disorders including thrombocytopenia.
  • have: As you know, I have had mild thrombocytopenia during both of my previous pregnancies.
  • develop: Humans developed thrombocytopenia, a lack of the type of blood cells that are needed for clotting.
  • cause: Sometimes antibodies causing thrombocytopenia arise in a patient with a specific disease in which abnormal production of other antibodies may occur.
  • occur: Grade 4 thrombocytopenia occurred in 6.8 % of patients.
  • associate: More recent studies with vancomycin and teicoplanin have shown that the thrombocytopenia associated with these drugs is also antibody mediated.

Preposition: in

patient: Except for transient thrombocytopenia in two patients there was no toxicity.

Adjective modifier

  • heparin-induced: True heparin-induced thrombocytopenia is also often complicated by venous or arterial thrombosis not a feature in the 2 cases reported here.
  • neonatal: Cases of neonatal thrombocytopenia, of fetal or neonatal jaundice have been reported with maternal thiazide therapy.
  • severe: In cases with severe thrombocytopenia, a diagnosis of AITP is likely to be made.
  • profound: Quinine and quinidine In a small number of patients using quinine, or its stereoisomer quinidine, profound thrombocytopenia may occur.
  • immune-mediated: In the UK there is an imported anti-D IgG preparation available for use in immune-mediated thrombocytopenia on a named-patient basis.
  • transient: Except for transient thrombocytopenia in two patients there was no toxicity.

Modifies a noun

  • purpura: However, in the condition known as thrombotic thrombocytopenia purpura the use of platelet concentrates is in fact particularly hazardous.
  • and/or: All patients required a dose modification of gemcitabine at some point in their therapy; the primary reason was thrombocytopenia and/or neutropenia.
  • neutropenia: All patients required a dose modification of gemcitabine at some point in their therapy; the primary reason was thrombocytopenia and/or neutropenia.

Noun used with modifier

alloimmune: Back Summary of cases All 6 analyzed cases had had previous pregnancies, none complicated by clinically apparent neonatal alloimmune thrombocytopenia ( NAIT ).

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