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leucopenia

(also leukopenia)
Definition of leucopenia

noun

[mass noun] Medicine
  • a reduction in the number of white cells in the blood, typical of various diseases.

Derivatives

leucopenic

adjective

Origin:

late 19th century: from Greek leukos 'white' + penia 'poverty'

leucopenia in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of leucopenia in the US English dictionary
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