leukopenia
/loo-kuh-pee-nee-uh/US // ˌlu kəˈpi ni ə //
白细胞减少症,白血球减少症,白细胞减少,白血球减少
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
Medicine/Medical.
- : a decrease in the number of white blood cells in the blood.
Examples
There is decided decrease of hemoglobin and red corpuscles, with moderate leukopenia and relative lymphocytosis.
It was the beginning stages, the harsh cough, the slight temperature, the leukopenia.
Decrease in number of leukocytes, or leukopenia, is not important.
For in infectious diseases hyperleucocytosis is very common; and a transient leukopenia is equally rare.
We have mentioned this case here, because it is remarkable as an extreme leukopenia never before observed.
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