Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An acute disease marked by high fever and a sharp drop in circulating granular white blood cells. It may be drug-induced or caused by exposure to radiation.
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- noun An
acute condition involving a severe and dangerousleukopenia , particularly ofneutrophils , causing aneutropenia in the circulatingblood .
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- noun an acute blood disorder (often caused by radiation or drug therapy) characterized by severe reduction in granulocytes
Etymologies
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Examples
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Their symptoms were consistent with a life-threatening immune-system disorder called agranulocytosis, which kills 7% to 10% of patients and is rare except in chemotherapy patients and those taking certain antipsychotic medications.
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So, after all these years, even with the much-emphasized risk of agranulocytosis and weight gain, clozapine is the safest atypical antipsychotic?
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So, after all these years, even with the much-emphasized risk of agranulocytosis and weight gain, clozapine is the safest atypical antipsychotic?
Archive 2009-07-01 2009
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And then there's tardive dyskinsia, chronic uncontrollable facial muscles, and agranulocytosis, the destruction of the body's ability to make white blood cells.
The Time Traveler's Wife Niffenegger, Audrey 2003
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She, wrestling with long words like agranulocytosis and lymphosarcoma, could see that the patients liked him.
A Kiss For Julie Neels, Betty 1996
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The most troublesome side effects, other than liver involvement and rash, are blood dyscrasias, including thrombocytopenia, agranulocytosis, and aplastic anemia.
The Neuropsychiatric Guide to Modern Everyday Psychiatry Michael Alan Taylor 1993
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- If prolonged treatment, check blood regularly (risk of agranulocytosis).
Chapter 4 1993
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- Severe and lethal cases of agranulocytosis have been found.
Chapter 4 1993
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Management is the same as for agranulocytosis, noted above in the section on neuroleptic side effects.
The Neuropsychiatric Guide to Modern Everyday Psychiatry Michael Alan Taylor 1993
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The degree of benefit weighed against the increased risks for agranulocytosis with clozapine, however makes it the treatment of last resort 861.
The Neuropsychiatric Guide to Modern Everyday Psychiatry Michael Alan Taylor 1993
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