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essential thrombocytopenia

DEFINITIONS OF: essential thrombocytopenia

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n the primary form of thrombocytopenia (rather than a shortage of platelets caused by other conditions such as tuberculosis or chemical suppression of bone marrow etc.)

Type of:
thrombocytopenia, thrombopenia
a blood disease characterized by an abnormally small number of platelets in the blood
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