agranulocytosis

Noun

Meaning

an acute blood disorder (often caused by radiation or drug therapy) characterized by severe reduction in granulocytes

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

granulocytopenia agranulosis granulocyte agranulemia granulophthisis

Hypernyms

blood disease blood disorder

Examples

Adverse hematologic effects Hematologic effects, such as neutropenia, agranulocytosis and other blood dyscrasias, have occurred during therapy with ACE inhibitors, especially in patients with additional risk factors (see Warnings). Source: Internet

The most dangerous side effect is agranulocytosis (1/250, more in PTU). Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

agranularity agranulocyte agranulocytic agranulosis agrapha agraphesthesia