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NEUTROPENIA

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Leukopenia in which the decrease is primarily in number of neutrophils (the chief phagocytic leukocyte)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("neutropenia" is a kind of...):

leucopenia; leukopenia (an abnormal lowering of the white blood cell count)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "neutropenia"):

cyclic neutropenia (neutropenia that occurs periodically)

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 Context examples: 

The patients present with anemia, neutropenia, and thrombocytopenia.

(Acute Myeloid Leukemia with Minimal Differentiation, NCI Thesaurus/WHO)

In periodic neutropenia, the number of neutrophils in the blood goes in cycles from normal to low and back to normal again.

(Periodic neutropenia, NCI Dictionary)

Therefore, this agent may prevent the incidence and shorten the duration of chemotherapy-induced neutropenia.

(Pegfilgrastim Biosimilar LA-EP2006, NCI Thesaurus)

Some diseases in this group may be associated with bone marrow failure, neutropenia, and/or thrombocytopenia.

(Congenital Abnormalities of Erythrocyte Differentiation or Function, NCI Thesaurus)

Also called congenital neutropenia, genetic infantile agranulocytosis, infantile genetic agranulocytosis, Kostmann disease, and Kostmann neutropenia.

(Kostmann syndrome, NCI Dictionary)

A myelodysplastic syndrome characterized by neutropenia or thrombocytopenia and dysplasia restricted to neutrophil or megakaryocytic cell lines.

(Myelodysplastic Syndrome, Unclassifiable, NCI Thesaurus)

Genetic disruption of the ability of neutrophils to kill internalized bacteria also impairs normal immune function, along with genetic or acquired lack of the normal number of neutrophils (neutropenia).

(Neutrophil Surface Molecule Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

Also called congenital neutropenia, genetic infantile agranulocytosis, infantile genetic agranulocytosis, Kostmann disease, and Kostmann syndrome.

(Kostmann neutropenia, NCI Dictionary)

This regimen, developed in Europe, also includes the use of glutathione as a chemoprotectant as well as filgrastim to prevent neutropenia.

(PELF Regimen, NCI Thesaurus)

It is characterized by hypopigmentation of the skin, hair and eyes, recurrent infections, neutropenia, and immune system abnormalities.

(Griscelli Syndrome Type 2, NCI Thesaurus)