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THROMBOCYTOPENIA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A blood disease characterized by an abnormally small number of platelets in the blood
Synonyms:
thrombocytopenia; thrombopenia
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("thrombocytopenia" is a kind of...):
blood disease; blood disorder (a disease or disorder of the blood)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "thrombocytopenia"):
essential thrombocytopenia (the primary form of thrombocytopenia (rather than a shortage of platelets caused by other conditions such as tuberculosis or chemical suppression of bone marrow etc.))
Context examples:
The patients present with anemia, neutropenia, and thrombocytopenia.
(Acute Myeloid Leukemia with Minimal Differentiation, NCI Thesaurus/WHO)
Compared to the Bcl-2 inhibitor navitoclax, this agent does not inhibit bcl-XL and does not cause bcl-XL-mediated thrombocytopenia.
(Bcl-2 Inhibitor GDC-0199, NCI Thesaurus)
Compared to unfractionated heparins, the use of bemiparin is associated with lower incidences of major bleeding, osteoporosis, and heparin-induced thrombocytopenia.
(Bemiparin Sodium, NCI Thesaurus)
It results in thrombocytopenia, prolonged bleeding time and the presence of giant platelets.
(Bernard-Soulier Syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)
Patients often present with anemia, neutropenia, and thrombocytopenia.
(Acute Myeloid Leukemia with Maturation, NCI Thesaurus/WHO)
In a minority of cases, it is associated with congenital heart block, hepatitis, or thrombocytopenia.
(Neonatal Lupus Erythematosus, NCI Thesaurus)
Thrombocytopenia that occurs in neonates as a consequence of transplacental passage of maternal alloantibodies directed against fetal platelet antigens.
(Neonatal Alloimmune Thrombocytopenia, NCI Thesaurus)
A form of thrombotic microangiopathy with renal failure, hemolytic anemia, and severe thrombocytopenia.
(Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)
A distinct and virulent form of DENGUE characterized by thrombocytopenia and hemoconcentration (grades I and II) and distinguished by a positive tourniquet test.
(Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
A cavernous angiomatosis associated with the destruction of platelets, resulting in thrombocytopenia.
(Hemangiomatosis with Thrombocytopenia, NCI Thesaurus)
