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thrombasthenia

throm·bast·he·nia

UK/ˌθɹɒmbæsˈθiːni.ə/ uncommon

noun

1.

a rare autosomal recessive disease in which the platelets do not produce clots in the normal way and hemorrhage results

Origin

From thromb- + asthenia, literally "clotting/platelet weakness"; compare thrombopenia, "clotting/platelet paucity". By surface analysis, thromb- (“blood clot”) + a- (“not”) + sthen- (“strength”) + -ia (“disease”).

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