Etymology

thrombocytopenic

Today it means: Having an abnormally low number of platelets in one's blood. Full definition →

English thrombocytopenia ← Latin cyta ← Ancient Greek κῠ́τος (kŭ́tos)
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  1. Ancient Greekθρόμβος (thrómbos)
  2. Englishthrombo-
  3. Ancient Greekκύτος (kútos)
  4. Englishcyto-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*(s)penh₁-
  6. Ancient Greekπένομαι (pénomai)
  7. Ancient Greekπένης (pénēs)
  8. Ancient Greekπενῐ́ᾱ (penĭ́ā)
  9. Englishcytopenia
  10. Englishcytopenic
  11. Englishthrombo-
  12. Ancient Greekκῠ́τος (kŭ́tos)
  13. Latincyta
  14. Englishthrombocyte
  15. Englishthrombocytopenia
  16. English todaythrombocytopenic

From thrombo- + cytopenic, or from thrombocytopenia + -ic.

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