leukopenia
41agranulocytosis — /euh gran yeuh loh suy toh sis/, n. Pathol. a serious, acute blood disease, sometimes related to drug or radiation therapy, characterized by extreme leukopenia, fever, and ulcerations of the mucous membranes. [1925 30; A 6 + GRANULOCYTE + OSIS] * …
42leukopenic — adjective a) Having leukopenia. b) Characterized by, or concerning, leukopenia …
43Fever — Although a fever technically is any body temperature above the normal of 98.6 degrees F. (37 degrees C.), in practice a person is usually not considered to have a significant fever until the temperature is above 100.4 degrees F (38 degrees C.).… …
44Histoplasmosis — A disease caused by the fungus Histoplasma capsulatum. Most people with histoplasmosis have no symptoms. However, histoplasma can cause acute or chronic lung disease and progressive disseminated histoplasmosis affecting a number of organs. It can …
45Neutropenia — Not enough neutrophils, neutrophils being a type of white blood cell (specifically a form of granulocyte) filled with neutrally staining granules, tiny sacs of enzymes that help the cell to kill and digest microorganisms it has engulfed by… …
46Typhoid fever — An acute illness with fever caused by infection with the Salmonella Typhi bacteria contracted from contaminated water and food. The disease has an insidious onset characterized by fever, headache, constipation, malaise, chills, and myalgia… …
47aleukocytosis — Absence or great reduction (relative or absolute) of the number of white blood cells in the circulating blood ( i.e., an advanced degree of leukopenia), or the lack of leukocytes in an anatomical lesion. [G. a priv. + leukos, white …
48endotoxin — 1. A bacterial toxin not freely liberated into the surrounding medium, in contrast to exotoxin. 2. The complex phospholipid polysaccharide macromolecules that form an integral part of the cell wall of a variety of relatively …
49leukocytopenia — SYN: leukopenia. * * * leu·ko·cy·to·pe·nia (loo″ko si″to peґne ə) leukopenia …
50osteomyelodysplasia — A disease characterized by enlargement of the marrow cavities of the bones, thinning of the osseous tissue, large, thin walled vascular spaces, leukopenia, and irregular fever. [osteo + G. myelos, marrow, + dysplasia] * * * …
