thrombocytopenia

[ throm-boh-sahy-tuh-pee-nee-uh ]
/ ˌθrɒm boʊˌsaɪ təˈpi ni ə /

noun

an abnormal decrease in the number of blood platelets.

Origin of thrombocytopenia

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

Words nearby thrombocytopenia

thrombocytasthenia, thrombocyte, thrombocythemia, thrombocytic series, thrombocytopathy, thrombocytopenia, thrombocytopenia-absent radius syndrome, thrombocytopenic purpura, thrombocytopoiesis, thrombocytosis, thromboelastogram

British Dictionary definitions for thrombocytopenia

thrombocytopenia
/ (ˌθrɒmbəʊˌsaɪtəʊˈpiːnɪə) /

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

Medical definitions for thrombocytopenia

thrombocytopenia
[ thrŏm′bō-sī′tə-pē′nē-ə ]

n.

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

Other words from thrombocytopenia

throm′bo•cy′to•pe′nic (-pē′nĭk) adj.