thrombasthenia
An abnormality of platelets involving not a paucity thereof but rather a dysfunction…An abnormality of platelets involving not a paucity thereof but rather a dysfunction thereof, impairing clotting.
Meaning
1 senses(countable, uncountable)An abnormality of platelets involving not a paucity thereof but rather a dysfunction thereof, impairing clotting.
- a rare autosomal recessive disease in which the platelets do not produce clots in the normal way and hemorrhage results
Origin
From thromb- + asthenia, literally "clotting/platelet weakness"; compare thrombopenia, "clFrom thromb- + asthenia, literally "clotting/platelet weakness"; compare thrombopenia, "clotting/platelet paucity". By surface analysis, thromb- (“blood clot”) + a- (“not”) + sthen- (“strength”) + -ia (“disease”).
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Forms
plural: thrombasthenias| Singular | thrombasthenia |
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Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
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