hematocytopenia

9.9

A low number of red blood cells that often makes you feel tired

noun
/ˌhɛmətiˌsaɪtəˈsiːpəniə/

Specialized

: hematocitopenia

After blood tests, the doctor confirmed that the child had hematocytopenia requiring further specialist assessment.

Examples

Many patients with hematocytopenia report persistent fatigue and struggle to keep up with daily activities.
Clinical trials are exploring new treatments to increase red cell counts in people with hematocytopenia.
The patient was diagnosed with hematocytopenia last week.
Doctors often treat hematocytopenia with iron supplements.
Many patients with hematocytopenia report persistent fatigue and struggle to keep up with daily activities.
After blood tests, the doctor confirmed that the child had hematocytopenia requiring further specialist assessment.
Clinical trials are exploring new treatments to increase red cell counts in people with hematocytopenia.

Synonyms

anemia

vshematocytopenia

Specialized

37 3.6

A blood problem in which there are too few red blood cells, causing tiredness and weakness

is defined by an abnormally low red blood cell count, not by symptoms

cytopenia

vshematocytopenia

Specialized

9.9

Low numbers of one or more types of blood cells

is limited to a low red blood cell count rather than multiple cell types

How Many

blood count

Specialized

10 3.0

hematocytopenia

Specialized

9.9

Surface Forms

hematocytopenia singular

hematocytopenias plural

Morphology

hematocytopenia = cytopenia (opaque) = hemato + cyto + penia

The immediate base 'cytopenia' and the prefix 'hemato-' are medical Greek combining forms unfamiliar to a B1 learner, so the structure is not inferable from common English vocabulary.

Etymology

Hematocytopenia breaks into hema- 'blood', cyto- 'cell', and -penia 'lack'. So it means a 'lack of blood cells', with the same hema- you see in hemoglobin, usually meaning too few red blood cells and that is why people feel tired.