Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A diminution in the number of white corpuscles in the blood. Also called
hypoleucocytosis .
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- noun Alternative spelling of
leukopenia .
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- noun an abnormal lowering of the white blood cell count
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Examples
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(Feied invented this word as well, stealing the suffix from "leucopenia," or low white-blood-cell counts.)
Slashdot 2009
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I was told that I also had leucopenia, a dangerously low white blood cell count.
The Autoimmune Epidemic Donna Jackson Nakazawa 2008
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As a child, I had watched my father suffer through a constellation of what I have since learned were autoimmune illnesses: inflammatory bowel disease, rheumatoid arthritis, and leucopenia.
The Autoimmune Epidemic Donna Jackson Nakazawa 2008
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As a child, I had watched my father suffer through a constellation of what I have since learned were autoimmune illnesses: inflammatory bowel disease, rheumatoid arthritis, and leucopenia.
The Autoimmune Epidemic Donna Jackson Nakazawa 2008
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I was told that I also had leucopenia, a dangerously low white blood cell count.
The Autoimmune Epidemic Donna Jackson Nakazawa 2008
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- If severe anaemia or leucopenia develops, stop treatment and replace dapsone with another
Chapter 4 1993
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When we discontinued the drug because of leucopenia, rejection started to occur.
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As his leucopenia improved, we re-started the drug which reversed the rejection process and his renal function improved.
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Pixantrone patients also had a higher incidence of leucopenia and numerically more severe cardiac events.
GEN News Highlights 2010
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Pixantrone patients also had a higher incidence of leucopenia and numerically more severe cardiac events.
GEN News Highlights 2010
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