agranulocitosis

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from German Agranulozytosen, coined by W. Schultz in 1922; equivalent to a- +‎ granulocito +‎ -osis.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Spain) /aɡɾanuloθiˈtosis/ [a.ɣ̞ɾa.nu.lo.θiˈt̪o.sis]
IPA^(key): (Latin America) /aɡɾanulosiˈtosis/ [a.ɣ̞ɾa.nu.lo.siˈt̪o.sis]
Rhymes: -osis
Syllabification: a‧gra‧nu‧lo‧ci‧to‧sis

Noun

agranulocitosis f (plural agranulocitosis)

(pathology) agranulocytosis
Hypernyms: citopenia, leucopenia

Coordinate term: neutropenia

Further reading

“agranulocitosis”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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