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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A diminution in the number of the lymphocytes of the blood.

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  • noun medicine The condition of having an abnormally reduced number of lymphocytes in the blood

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  • noun an abnormally small number of lymphocytes in the circulating blood

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Examples

  • In a news release, Merck said cladribine patients had suffered more often than the placebo patients from a side effect known as lymphopenia, when the body lacks enough immune-system cells in the blood.

    German Firm Gains in Bid for MS Pill 2009

  • When the level of lymphocytes in the blood is low - a condition known as lymphopenia - concentrations of IL-7 increase.

    National Institutes of Health (NIH) News Releases 2009

  • When the level of lymphocytes in the blood is low -- a condition known as lymphopenia -- concentrations of IL-7 increase.

    Kansas City infoZine Headlines 2009

  • Researchers say a DNA test can identify newborns with T-cell lymphopenia; that's a blood disorder affects the immune system.

    CNN Transcript Jan 6, 2010 2010

  • Infants with T-cell lymphopenia often appear normal and are not diagnosed until life-threatening infections occur.

    CNN Transcript Jan 6, 2010 2010

  • The laboratory test results indicated lymphopenia, hypoproteinemia and elevated lactic dehydrogenase and C reactive protein levels.

    BioMed Central - Latest articles Wei Cui 2010

  • Obesity and recovery from lymphopenia after five days were factors associated with death, as determined by multivariate logistic-regression analysis (obesity, odds ratio = 23.06; lymphocytopenia reversion, odds ration = 28.69).

    BioMed Central - Latest articles Wei Cui 2010

  • Of the 10 patients who died, nine (90%) had lymphopenia and only two patients recovered from this condition after five days.

    BioMed Central - Latest articles Wei Cui 2010

  • The most common grade 3/4 laboratory abnormalities (incidence greater than or equal to 3%) were lymphopenia (18%), hyperglycemia

    BioSpace.com Featured News and Stories 2010

  • The most frequently reported grade 3/4 adverse event was lymphopenia.

    BioSpace.com Featured News and Stories 2010

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