WordNet
n. purpura associated with a reduction in circulating blood platelets which can result from a variety of factors [syn: idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura, purpura hemorrhagica, Werlhof's disease]
Wikipedia
Thrombocytopenic purpura are purpura associated with a reduction in circulating blood platelets which can result from a variety of causes, such as kaposi sarcoma.
Usage examples of "thrombocytopenic purpura".
Nemes withdrew the needle and examined the blood within: dangerous levels of C-H-OH -- Lusians frequently were at risk from high cholesterol -- as well as a low platelet count suggesting the presence of incipient immune thrombocytopenic purpura, probably brought about by the trooper's early years in hard-radiation environments on any of several garrison worlds, a blood alcohol level of 122 mg/100 ml -- the trooper was drunk, although his alcoholic past probably allowed him to hide most of the effects -- and -- voilá.