IDIOPATHIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura mean? 

• IDIOPATHIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA (noun)
  The noun IDIOPATHIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA has 1 sense:

1. purpura associated with a reduction in circulating blood platelets which can result from a variety of factors

  Familiarity information: IDIOPATHIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• IDIOPATHIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Purpura associated with a reduction in circulating blood platelets which can result from a variety of factors

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura; purpura hemorrhagica; thrombocytopenic purpura; Werlhof's disease

Hypernyms ("idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura" is a kind of...):

autoimmune disease; autoimmune disorder (any of a large group of diseases characterized by abnormal functioning of the immune system that causes your immune system to produce antibodies against your own tissues)

peliosis; purpura (any of several blood diseases causing subcutaneous bleeding)

 Context examples 

Also called idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura and immune thrombocytopenic purpura.

(ITP, NCI Dictionary)

Also called idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura and ITP.

(Immune thrombocytopenic purpura, NCI Dictionary)