immunothrombocytopenia

noun

An autoimmune form of thrombocytopenia

Scrabble 40

Meanings

nounimmunothrombocytopenia (countable and uncountable, plural immunothrombocytopenias)

plural immunothrombocytopenias

  1. countableuncountablemedicineAn autoimmune form of thrombocytopenia

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*mey-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*moy-nós
  3. Proto-Italic*moinos
  4. Latinmūnus
  5. Proto-Indo-European*né
  6. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  7. Proto-Italic*n̥-
  8. Latinin-
  9. Latinin- -is
  10. Latinimmūnis
  11. Middle Frenchimmun
  12. Englishimmune
  13. Englishimmuno-
  14. Ancient Greekθρόμβος (thrómbos)
  15. Englishthrombo-
  16. Ancient Greekκῠ́τος (kŭ́tos)
  17. Latincyta
  18. Englishthrombocyte
  19. Proto-Indo-European*(s)penh₁-
  20. Ancient Greekπένομαι (pénomai)
  21. Ancient Greekπένης (pénēs)
  22. Ancient Greekπενῐ́ᾱ (penĭ́ā)
  23. Englishthrombocytopenia
  24. Englishimmunothrombocytopenia

From immuno- + thrombocytopenia.

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APA

immunothrombocytopenia. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/immunothrombocytopenia

MLA

“immunothrombocytopenia.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/immunothrombocytopenia. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “immunothrombocytopenia,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/immunothrombocytopenia.

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