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agranulocytosis::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | agranulosis, granulocytopenia |
| Type of | blood disease, blood disorder |
| Derivation | agranulocytic |
Examples of agranulocytosis
agranulocytosis
The medical literature didn't contain any studies linking agranulocytosis with cocaine.
From the time.com
The veterinary drug, levamisole, was connected to new cases of the immune disorder agranulocytosis in Canada a year ago.
From the bloomberg.com
And forcing someone to risk agranulocytosis?
From the blogs.psychcentral.com
Levamisole can significantly reduce the number of white blood cells in the body, a condition called agranulocytosis.
From the sfgate.com
Up to 2% of those who take the drug develop agranulocytosis, an immune-system disorder that is often fatal if left undetected.
From the time.com
At the same time, hospitals around the country began noticing more cocaine users coming in with agranulocytosis, an illness that suppresses white blood cells necessary to fight off infections.
From the stltoday.com
- An acute blood disorder (often caused by radiation or drug therapy) characterized by severe reduction in granulocytes
- (agranulocytic) relating to the blood disorder of agranulocytosis
- Agranulocytosis, also known as agranulosis, is an acute condition involving a severe and dangerous leukopenia (lowered white blood cell count), most commonly of neutrophils, causing a neutropenia in the circulating blood. ...
- Complete or nearly complete absence of the granular leukocytes from the blood and bone marrow.
- An acute condition marked by severe decrease in white blood cells and by fever, exhaustion, chills, swollen neck, and sore throat sometimes with local ulceration; believed to be basically a response to the side effects of certain drugs.
- A life-threatening loss of white blood cells, which fight infection. It is a complication affecting about 1 percent of patients taking the atypical antipsy-chotic drug clozapine.
- An acute disease marked by high fever and a sharp drop in circulating granular white blood cells.
- The reduced ability of the bone marrow to manufacture white blood cells. The result is a diminished ability to fight infection.
- Condition characterized by a marked decrease in the number of white blood cells called granulocytes
