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Where does “thrombocytopenic” come from?

Thrombocytopenic derives from English thrombocytopenia, from Ancient Greek θρόμβος thrombos meaning clot and κύτος kytos meaning cell, with the adjective suffix -penic from English cytopenia.

thrombocytopenic (English): Having an abnormally low number of platelets in...

Definitions

  1. Having an abnormally low number of platelets in...

Ancestry of “thrombocytopenic”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishthrombocytopeniaAn abnormally low number of platelets in the...
2EnglishcytopenicExhibiting or relating to cytopenia
3English-icUsed to form adjectives from nouns with the...
4EnglishimageAn optical or other representation of a real...
5Frenchimagepicture, image; frame; first-person singular...
6Portugueseimagemimage; picture; figure; image; image; face
7Spanishimagenimage
8Italianimmagineimage; imago
9Latinimāginem—
10Latinim-Alternative form of in-; form of "in"; in
11Latinīn-—
12Latinîn—
13Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
14Proto-Italicenin
15Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “thrombocytopenic”

  • nonthrombocytopenic
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