Definition of thrombocytopenia
: persistent decrease in the number of platelets in the blood that is often associated with hemorrhagic conditions
Updated on: 28 Feb 2018
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Timberwolves forward Adreian Payne is out indefinitely while being treated for a condition of low platelet count known as thrombocytopenia, the team announced Tuesday night.
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Once at home, the patient reviewed the literature and found an article on drugs that caused thrombocytopenia, written by Richard Aster, a hematologist at the Blood Research Institute at the Medical College of Wisconsin.
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Origin and Etymology of thrombocytopenia
New Latin, from International Scientific Vocabulary thrombocyte + New Latin -o- + -penia
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