essential thrombocytopenia

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   the primary form of thrombocytopenia (rather than a shortage of platelets caused by other conditions such as tuberculosis or chemical suppression of bone marrow etc.)

   Broaderthrombocytopenia

Questions about essential thrombocytopenia

What does essential thrombocytopenia mean?

essential thrombocytopenia means "the primary form of thrombocytopenia (rather than a shortage of platelets caused by other conditions such as tuberculosis or chemical suppression of bone marrow etc.)".

Is essential thrombocytopenia a common word?

essential thrombocytopenia is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.