neutropenia
(noo″trŏ-pēn′ē-ă)
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[neutro- + -penia]
The presence of an abnormally small number of neutrophils in the blood, usually less than 1500 per μl. Severely low levels of neutrophils, e.g. less than 500 cells per μl, predispose patients to life-threatening infection.
neutropenic (noo″trŏ-pē′nik)
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Venes, Donald, editor. "Neutropenia." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 24th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2021. Nursing Central, nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/756555/all/neutropenia.
Neutropenia. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/756555/all/neutropenia. Accessed November 14, 2024.
Neutropenia. (2021). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (24th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/756555/all/neutropenia
Neutropenia [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. [cited 2024 November 14]. Available from: https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/756555/all/neutropenia.
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