Definition of agranulocytosis in English:
agranulocytosis
noun əˌɡranjʊlə(ʊ)sʌɪˈtəʊsɪsāˌɡranyəlōsīˈtōsəs
mass nounMedicine A deficiency of granulocytes in the blood, causing increased vulnerability to infection.
Example sentencesExamples
- In the United Kingdom the drug may only be prescribed by registered consultant psychiatrists; this reflects the serious adverse effect profile of the drug, which includes agranulocytosis.
- The latter one leads to agranulocytosis; hence monitoring blood investigations is necessary.
- Routine monitoring of white cell counts remains controversial, but results of one study showed that close monitoring of white cell counts allowed for earlier detection of agranulocytosis.
- None of the patients on the drug developed agranulocytosis.
- When reviewers repeated the trial years later, in a larger population, they found the incidence of this agranulocytosis was much lower than previously thought.
Origin
Early 20th century: from a-1 + granulocyte + -osis.