Meanings
adjectivethrombocytopenic (not comparable)
- not comparableHaving an abnormally low number of platelets in one's blood.
Origin
- Ancient Greekθρόμβος (thrómbos)
- Englishthrombo-
- Ancient Greekκύτος (kútos)
- Englishcyto-
- Proto-Indo-European*(s)penh₁-
- Ancient Greekπένομαι (pénomai)
- Ancient Greekπένης (pénēs)
- Ancient Greekπενῐ́ᾱ (penĭ́ā)
- Englishcytopenia
- Englishcytopenic
- Englishthrombo-
- Ancient Greekκῠ́τος (kŭ́tos)
- Latincyta
- Englishthrombocyte
- Englishthrombocytopenia
- Englishthrombocytopenic
From thrombo- + cytopenic, or from thrombocytopenia + -ic.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
French thrombocytopénique
- thrombocytopéniquehaving an abnormally low number of platelets in one's blood
Italian trombocitopenico
- trombocitopenicohaving an abnormally low number of platelets in one's blood
Portuguese trombocitopénico, trombocitopênico
- trombocitopénicohaving an abnormally low number of platelets in one's blood
- trombocitopênicohaving an abnormally low number of platelets in one's blood
Spanish trombocitopénico
- trombocitopénicohaving an abnormally low number of platelets in one's blood
Cite this entry
APA
thrombocytopenic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/thrombocytopenic
MLA
“thrombocytopenic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/thrombocytopenic. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “thrombocytopenic,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/thrombocytopenic.
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