thrombocytopenic
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- adjective
- /ˌθrɑːmboʊˌsaɪtəˈoʊpɪnɪk/
- Specialized
- A thrombocytopenic patient may need regular blood tests to monitor platelet levels.
Examples
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After chemotherapy, some patients become thrombocytopenic and require special care.
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The patient was diagnosed as thrombocytopenic last week.
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The doctor explained that a thrombocytopenic condition could increase the risk of bleeding.
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Is she thrombocytopenic or does she have another condition?
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The doctor explained that a thrombocytopenic condition could increase the risk of bleeding.
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After chemotherapy, many patients may become thrombocytopenic and require close monitoring.
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A thrombocytopenic patient often needs transfusions to manage low platelet counts.
Compounds
- Specialized
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Purple spots or bruises on the skin caused by low blood platelets
- Specialized
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A condition that causes easy bruising and bleeding because the blood has very few platelets for no known reason
How Many Platelets
Surface Forms
Morphology
thrombocytopenic = thrombocytopenia (opaque) = thrombo + cyto + penia + ic
The adjective is formed by regular suffixation (-ic) from the medical noun 'thrombocytopenia'.
Etymology
Thrombocytopenic breaks into thrombo- 'clot', cyto- 'cell', and -penia 'lack'. So it describes having too few platelets, the small blood 'cells' that help stop bleeding, which is why a thrombocytopenic condition makes bleeding more likely.