thrombotic thrombocytopenia
English
Noun
thrombotic thrombocytopenia (plural thrombotic thrombocytopenias)
- (pathology) A malady in which blood clots form in the blood, while at the same time, platelets, a blood clotting element, are in low supply in the blood.
Hypernyms
- cytopenia
- thrombocytopenia
Hyponyms
- thrombosis with thrombocytopenia syndrome
- thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura
Related terms
- cytopenia
- idiopathic thrombocytopenia
- immune thrombocytopenia
- thrombocyte
- thrombocytopenia
- thrombocytopenic
- thrombosis
- thrombosis with thrombocytopenia syndrome
- thrombotic
- thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura