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GRANULOCYTOPENIA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An acute blood disorder (often caused by radiation or drug therapy) characterized by severe reduction in granulocytes
Synonyms:
agranulocytosis; agranulosis; granulocytopenia
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("granulocytopenia" is a kind of...):
blood disease; blood disorder (a disease or disorder of the blood)