pseudoleukopenia

English

Etymology

pseudo- +‎ leukopenia

Noun

pseudoleukopenia (uncountable)

1. (medicine) Transiently low leukocyte count (WBC count) that does not represent leukopenia despite that it would seem to if interpreted in isolation (as opposed to the following of trends over serial measurements).

Coordinate terms

• pseudoerythrocytosis, pseudoleukocytosis, pseudolymphocytosis, pseudoneutropenia, pseudothrombocytopenia