Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A diminution in the number of the lymphocytes of the blood.
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- noun medicine The condition of having an abnormally reduced number of
lymphocytes in theblood
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- noun an abnormally small number of lymphocytes in the circulating blood
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Examples
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In a news release, Merck said cladribine patients had suffered more often than the placebo patients from a side effect known as lymphopenia, when the body lacks enough immune-system cells in the blood.
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When the level of lymphocytes in the blood is low - a condition known as lymphopenia - concentrations of IL-7 increase.
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When the level of lymphocytes in the blood is low -- a condition known as lymphopenia -- concentrations of IL-7 increase.
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Researchers say a DNA test can identify newborns with T-cell lymphopenia; that's a blood disorder affects the immune system.
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Infants with T-cell lymphopenia often appear normal and are not diagnosed until life-threatening infections occur.
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The laboratory test results indicated lymphopenia, hypoproteinemia and elevated lactic dehydrogenase and C reactive protein levels.
BioMed Central - Latest articles Wei Cui 2010
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Obesity and recovery from lymphopenia after five days were factors associated with death, as determined by multivariate logistic-regression analysis (obesity, odds ratio = 23.06; lymphocytopenia reversion, odds ration = 28.69).
BioMed Central - Latest articles Wei Cui 2010
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Of the 10 patients who died, nine (90%) had lymphopenia and only two patients recovered from this condition after five days.
BioMed Central - Latest articles Wei Cui 2010
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The most common grade 3/4 laboratory abnormalities (incidence greater than or equal to 3%) were lymphopenia (18%), hyperglycemia
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The most frequently reported grade 3/4 adverse event was lymphopenia.
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