thrombasthenia

English

Etymology

From thromb- +‎ asthenia, literally "clotting/platelet weakness"; compare thrombopenia, "clotting/platelet paucity".

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌθɹɒmbæsˈθiːni.ə/

Noun

thrombasthenia (countable and uncountable, plural thrombasthenias)

1. (medicine) An abnormality of platelets involving not a paucity thereof but rather a dysfunction thereof, impairing clotting.

Derived terms

• Glanzmann's thrombasthenia