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ESSENTIAL THROMBOCYTOPENIA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The primary form of thrombocytopenia (rather than a shortage of platelets caused by other conditions such as tuberculosis or chemical suppression of bone marrow etc.)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("essential thrombocytopenia" is a kind of...):
thrombocytopenia; thrombopenia (a blood disease characterized by an abnormally small number of platelets in the blood)
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