WERLHOF'S DISEASE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Werlhof's disease mean? 

• WERLHOF'S DISEASE (noun)
  The noun WERLHOF'S DISEASE has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: WERLHOF'S DISEASE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WERLHOF'S DISEASE (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 ("Werlhof's disease" 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)