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thrombocytopenia

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

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thrombocytopenia

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

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Thrombocytopenia

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. These limits are determined by the 2.5th lower and upper percentile, so values outside this range do not necessarily indicate disease. One common definition of thrombocytopenia that requires emergency treatment is a platelet count below 50,000 per microliter.

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.