LEUKOPENIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does leukopenia mean? 

• LEUKOPENIA (noun)
  The noun LEUKOPENIA has 1 sense:

1. an abnormal lowering of the white blood cell count

  Familiarity information: LEUKOPENIA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LEUKOPENIA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An abnormal lowering of the white blood cell count

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

leucopenia; leukopenia

Hypernyms ("leukopenia" is a kind of...):

blood disease; blood disorder (a disease or disorder of the blood)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "leukopenia"):

neutropenia (leukopenia in which the decrease is primarily in number of neutrophils (the chief phagocytic leukocyte))

 Context examples 

Also called lymphocytic leukopenia and lymphocytopenia.

(Lymphopenia, NCI Dictionary)

Also called lymphocytic leukopenia and lymphopenia.

(Lymphocytopenia, NCI Dictionary)

It is commonly characterized by fever, chills, vomiting, anemia, hepatosplenomegaly, leukopenia, hypergammaglobulinemia, emaciation, and an earth-gray color of the skin.

(Kala-Azar, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)