thrombasthenia

English

Etymology

From thromb- +‎ asthenia, literally "clotting/platelet weakness"; compare thrombopenia, "clotting/platelet paucity". By surface analysis, thromb- (“blood clot”) +‎ a- (“not”) +‎ sthen- (“strength”) +‎ -ia (“disease”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌθɹɒmbæsˈθiːni.ə/

Noun

thrombasthenia (countable and uncountable, plural thrombasthenias)

  1. (medicine) An abnormality of platelets involving not a paucity thereof but rather a dysfunction thereof, impairing clotting.

Derived terms

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