- leukocytopenia
- SYN: leukopenia.
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leu·ko·cy·to·pe·nia (loo″ko-si″to-peґne-ə) leukopenia.
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leukocytopenia
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leukocytopenia — n. decrease in white blood cells (Medicine) … English contemporary dictionary
leukocytopenia — leu·ko·cy·to·pe·nia … English syllables
leukocytopenia — ˌlükəˌsīd.əˈpēnēə noun Etymology: New Latin, from leukocyt + penia : leukopenia … Useful english dictionary
leukopenia — The antithesis of leukocytosis; any situation in which the total number of leukocytes in the circulating blood is less than normal, the lower limit of which is generally regarded as 4000–5000/mm3. SYN: leukocytopenia. [leuko(cyte) + G. penia,… … Medical dictionary
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Leukopenia — (or leukocytopenia, or leucopenia, from Greek λευκό white and πενία deficiency) is a decrease in the number of circulating white blood cells (leukocytes) in the blood. As the principal function of white cells is to combat infection, a decrease in … Wikipedia
Febrile neutropenia — is the development of fever, often with other signs of infection, in a patient with neutropenia, an abnormally low number of neutrophil granulocytes (a type of white blood cell) in the blood. The term neutropenic sepsis is also applied, although… … Wikipedia
leukopenia — leukopenic, adj. /looh keuh pee nee euh/, n. Med. a decrease in the number of white blood cells in the blood. Also, leucopenia. Also called leukocytopenia /looh keuh suy teuh pee nee euh/. [1895 1900; < NL leucopenia, equiv. to leuco LEUKO + Gk… … Universalium
leukopenia — noun an abnormally low count of leukocytes, or white blood cells, in the blood Syn: leukocytopenia … Wiktionary
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