ESSENTIAL THROMBOCYTOPENIA

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

The primary form of thrombocytopenia (rather than a shortage of platelets caused by other conditions such as tuberculosis or chemical suppression of bone marrow etc.)

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Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("essential thrombocytopenia" is a kind of...):

thrombocytopenia; thrombopenia (a blood disease characterized by an abnormally small number of platelets in the blood)

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