Leukopenia

Introduction: Leukopenia

Description of Leukopenia

Leukopenia: Reduced white blood cell count.

Leukopenia: The antithesis of leukocytosis; any situation in which the total number of leukocytes in the circulating blood is less than normal, the lower limit of which is generally regarded as 4000-5000/mm³. SYN: leukocytopenia. [leuko(cyte) + G. penia, poverty]
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Leukopenia: an abnormal lowering of the white blood cell count.
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Leukopenia: reduction in the number of leukocytes in the blood, the count being 5000 per cubic millimeter or less.
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Leukopenia as a Symptom

Leukopenia (symptom): decreased concentration of white blood cells in the blood.

Leukopenia (symptom): See Leukopenia (symptom information).

More information on symptom: Leukopenia:

• Leukopenia

Terms associated with Leukopenia:

Terms Similar to Leukopenia:

• leucopenia

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• Leukocytopenia

Source - MeSH 2007

More specific terms for Leukopenia:

• Agranulocytosis
• Lymphopenia

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• granulocytopenia
• lymphopenia

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• neutropenia

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Broader terms for Leukopenia

• Leukocyte Disorders

Source - MeSH 2007

• leukocyte disorder

Source - CRISP

• blood disease
• blood disorder

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Other terms that may be related to Leukopenia:

• thymus disorder

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The description of Leukopenia may also be used for the following terms:

• cytopenia

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Hierarchical classifications of Leukopenia

The following list attempts to classify Leukopenia into categories where each line is subset of the next.

WordNet 2.1

• blood disease,blood disorder
• blood dyscrasia
• dyscrasia
• health problem,ill health,unhealthiness
• pathological state
• condition,status
• state

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MeSH 2007 Hierarchy:

• Hemic and Lymphatic Diseases
  • Hematologic Diseases
    • Leukocyte Disorders
      • Leukopenia

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