thrombasthenia
Meanings
noun
- An abnormality of platelets involving not a paucity thereof but rather a dysfunction thereof, impairing clotting.
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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”).
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