agranulocytosisn.
/əˌɡranjᵿləsʌɪˈtəʊsɪs/, /eɪˌɡranjᵿləsʌɪˈtəʊsɪs/, U.S. /əˌɡrænjələˌsaɪˈtoʊsəs/, /eɪˌɡrænjələˌsaɪˈtoʊsəs/ Medicine.
Absence or extreme reduction of granulocytes, esp. neutrophils, in the blood; severe granulocytopenia or neutropenia; an instance of this.
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hypinosis1845
anaemotrophy1860
hypoglycaemia1894
hypoleucocytosis1897
acapnia1898
leucopenia1898
hypothyroidism1905
hypocapnia1908
lymphopenia1909
hypoparathyroidism1910
neutropenia1915
thrombopenia1915
thrombocytopenia1921
agranulocytosis1923
hypocalcaemia1925
insulin shock1925
hypochloraemia1927
granulocytopenia1931
hypopotassaemia1932
hypomagnesaemia1933
hypoproteinaemia1934
hyponatraemia1935
hypophosphataemia1935
hypoprothrombinaemia1936
hypoalbuminaemia1937
sideropenia1938
afibrinogenaemia1941
pancytopenia1941
hypokalaemia1949
agammaglobulinaemia1952
hypogammaglobulinaemia1955
haemoglobinopathy1957
1923 Lancet 17 Nov. 1094/2 It remains to be seen whether the change in the blood picture is the result of the angina or whether the angina develops with a pre-existing agranulocytosis.
1946 Nature 24 Aug. 270/1 Despite the severe leucopenia and agranulocytosis which developed in the rats on the purified diet, the rate of growth of the nymphs was not affected.
2005 L. White Found. Nursing (ed. 2) xxxiv. 949/1 Causes of agranulocytosis are neoplastic disease, chemotherapy, radiation therapy, and bacterial and viral infection.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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