granulocytopenia


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granulocytopenia

 [gran″u-lo-si″to-pe´ne-ah]
a reduction in the number of granular leukocytes in the blood that is less severe than agranulocytosis; called also granulopenia.
Miller-Keane Encyclopedia and Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing, and Allied Health, Seventh Edition. © 2003 by Saunders, an imprint of Elsevier, Inc. All rights reserved.

gran·u·lo·cy·to·pe·ni·a

(gran'yū-lō-sī'tō-pē'nē-ă),
Fewer than the normal number of granular leukocytes in the blood.
[granulocyte + G. penia, poverty]
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Agranulocytosis

A marked decrease in neutrophils < 500/mm3; it is loosely equivalent to neutropaenia in the working parlance.
Artiology Acquired due to prescription drugs—chloramphenicol, clozapine, nitrous oxide, procainamide, sulfonamides, thiazide diuretics.
Clinical findings Fever, malaise, mucocutaneous ulcers (throat, GI tract, skin).
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granulocytopenia

Agranulocytosis, see there.
McGraw-Hill Concise Dictionary of Modern Medicine. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

gran·u·lo·cy·to·pe·ni·a

(gran'yū-lō-sī'tō-pē'nē-ă)
Less than the normal number of granular leukocytes in the blood.
Synonym(s): granulopenia.
[granulocyte + G. penia, poverty]
Medical Dictionary for the Health Professions and Nursing © Farlex 2012

granulocytopenia

Deficiency of GRANULOCYTES in the blood.
Collins Dictionary of Medicine © Robert M. Youngson 2004, 2005

gran·u·lo·cy·to·pe·ni·a

(gran'yū-lō-sī'tō-pē'nē-ă)
Fewer than normal number of granular leukocytes in the blood.
[granulocyte + G. penia, poverty]
Medical Dictionary for the Dental Professions © Farlex 2012
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