pancytopenia
/ˌpansʌɪtə(ʊ)ˈpiːniə
/noun [mass noun] Medicine
Deficiency of all three cellular components of the blood (red cells, white cells, and platelets).Despite initial pancytopenia and neutropenic sepsis, she has tolerated three cycles of chemotherapy....
- New warnings were added about rare cases of central nervous system demyelinating disorders and reports of pancytopenia, including aplastic anemia, which have at times been fatal.
- The peripheral blood smear showed pancytopenia with 3% plasma cells.
Origin
1940s: from pan- 'all' + cyto- 'cell' + Greek penia 'poverty, lack'.