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noun
An abnormality of platelets involving not a paucity thereof but rather a dysfunction thereof, impairing clotting.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: medicine, sciences
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noun
a rare autosomal recessive disease in which the platelets do not produce clots in the normal way and hemorrhage results
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: autosomal recessive disease, autosomal recessive defect
History
From thromb- + asthenia, literally "clotting/platelet weakness"; compare thrombopenia, "clotting/platelet paucity". By surface analysis, thromb- (“blood clot”) + a- (“not”) + sthen- (“strength”) + -ia (“disease”).
