thrombasthenia

English

Etymology

From thromb- +‎ asthenia, literally "clotting/platelet weakness"; compare thrombopenia, "clotting/platelet paucity".

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˌθɹɒmbæsˈθiːni.ə/

Noun

thrombasthenia (countable and uncountable, plural thrombasthenias)

(medicine) An abnormality of platelets involving not a paucity thereof but rather a dysfunction thereof, impairing clotting.

Derived terms

Glanzmann's thrombasthenia

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