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thrombasthenia ThesaurusNoun | 1. | thrombasthenia - a rare autosomal recessive disease in which the platelets do not produce clots in the normal way and hemorrhage resultsautosomal recessive defect, autosomal recessive disease - a disease caused by the presence of two recessive mutant genes on an autosome |
thrombasthenia
thrombasthenia [throm″bas-the´ne-ah] 1. decreased platelet function; called also thromboasthenia.2. Glanzmann thrombasthenia.Glanzmann thrombasthenia a hereditary platelet abnormality characterized by defective clot retraction, prolonged bleeding time, and related symptoms such as epistaxis and inappropriate bleeding. Clinically there is abnormal glass adhesion and impaired aggregation to ADP, collagen, and thrombin. Called also thrombasthenia and Glanzmann's disease.throm·bas·the·ni·a (throm'bas-thē'nē-ă), An abnormality of platelets characteristic of Glanzmann thrombasthenia. See also: Bernard-Soulier syndrome. Synonym(s): thromboasthenia [thromb- + G. astheneia, weakness] thrombasthenia Glanzmann's disease, see there. throm·bas·the·ni·a (throm'bas-thē'nē-ă) An abnormality of platelets; to date, several varieties have been categorized; often finding characteristics of Glanzmann thrombasthenia. Synonym(s): thrombo-aesthenia. [thromb- + G. astheneia, weakness]thrombasthenia An obsolescent term for the condition in which blood platelets are present in normal numbers but do not function normally in their role in blood clotting. The condition may be inherited but is more commonly acquired. With the rapid growth in understanding of platelet function this term is likely to disappear.throm·bas·the·ni·a (throm'bas-thē'nē-ă) Abnormality of platelets. Synonym(s): thromboasthenia.[thromb- + G. astheneia, weakness]thrombasthenia
Words related to thrombasthenianoun a rare autosomal recessive disease in which the platelets do not produce clots in the normal way and hemorrhage resultsRelated Words- autosomal recessive defect
- autosomal recessive disease
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