thrombasthenia

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/ˌθɹɒmbæsˈθiːni.ə/

noun

An abnormality of platelets involving not a paucity thereof but rather a dysfunction thereof, impairing clotting.

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Meanings

nounthrombasthenia (countable and uncountable, plural thrombasthenias)

plural thrombasthenias

  1. countableuncountablemedicineAn abnormality of platelets involving not a paucity thereof but rather a dysfunction thereof, impairing clotting.

Origin

From thromb- + asthenia, literally "clotting/platelet weakness"; compare thrombopenia, "clotting/platelet paucity". By surface analysis, thromb- (“blood clot”) + a- (“not”) + sthen- (“strength”) + -ia (“disease”).

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