thrombocytopenia Definition
thrombo·cyto·pe·nia (t̸hräm′bō sīt′ə pē′nē ə)
noun
a decrease below normal in the number of blood platelets in the blood
thrombocytopenia Related Forms
throm′bo·cy′to·pe′·nic (-pē′nik) 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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