Agranulocytosis Synonyms

ā-grănyə-lō-sī-tōsĭs
An acute blood disorder (often caused by radiation or drug therapy) characterized by severe reduction in granulocytes
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. agranulosis
  2. granulocytopenia

Words Related to Agranulocytosis

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Agranulocytosis Sentence Examples

  • Neutropenia means low numbers of neutrophils in the blood and agranulocytosis means an absence of neutrophils in the blood and agranulocytosis means an absence of neutrophils.

  • It is difficult to know whether certain drugs cause agranulocytosis, and what the risk is.

  • If the patient failed to recover, relapsed, or developed agranulocytosis, their treatment was changed to conventional antipsychotics.

  • Clozapine, an atypical neuroleptic agent with D 4 receptor antagonist activity, does not cause tardive dyskinesia but may cause agranulocytosis.

  • In addition, about 1 percent of those who take it develop agranulocytosis, a potentially fatal blood disease, within the first year of use, and all patients on clozapine must be monitored regularly for this side effect.

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