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pancytopenia

Syllabification: (pan·cy·to·pe·ni·a)
Definition of pancytopenia

noun

Medicine
  • deficiency of all three cellular components of the blood (red cells, white cells, and platelets).

Origin:

mid 20th century: from pan- 'all' + cyto- 'cell' + Greek penia 'poverty, lack'

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