Jump to content

thrombocytopenia

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary

English

[edit]
English Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia

Alternative forms

[edit]
  • thrombocytopaenia is an incorrect spelling of this word, and is based on the false assumption that the -penia was converted into American English from British English from -paenia.

Etymology

[edit]

From thrombocyte +‎ -o- +‎ -penia.

Noun

[edit]

thrombocytopenia (countable and uncountable, plural thrombocytopenias)

  1. (hematology) An abnormally low number of platelets in the blood.
    Synonym: thrombopenia

Derived terms

[edit]

Translations

[edit]