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Answer for the clue "A blood disease characterized by an abnormally small number of platelets in the blood ", 16 letters:
thrombocytopenia

Word definitions for thrombocytopenia in dictionaries

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Thrombocytopenia and thrombopenia refer to a disorder in which there is a relative decrease of thrombocytes , commonly known as platelets, present in the blood . A normal human platelet count ranges from 150,000 to 450,000 platelets per microliter of blood. ...

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context hematology English) An abnormally low number of platelets in the blood.

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. a blood disease characterized by an abnormally small number of platelets in the blood [syn: thrombopenia ]

Usage examples of thrombocytopenia.

Turns out, he had a blood disease, aplastic anemia, which led to a syndrome, thrombocytopenia, that had made him sick off and on for years, especially toward the end.

He died of thrombocytopenia, which is also a hemorrhagic syndrome, but some of the symptoms are different.

Dead of kidney failure, thrombocytopenia, and endocarditis, toward the end of July, as the cool dawn of another hot blue-gray day broke on the ornamental roof-level brickwork opposite St.