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PANCYTOPENIA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An abnormal deficiency in all blood cells (red blood cells and white blood cells and platelets); usually associated with bone marrow tumor or with aplastic anemia
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("pancytopenia" is a kind of...):
cytopenia (a deficiency of some cellular element of the blood)