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血小板減少症 (けっしょうばんげんしょうしょう) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

血けっ小しょう板ばん減げん少しょう症しょう

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Meanings

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thrombocytopenia

Medical term for a condition in which the blood has a lower than normal number of platelets.

血けっ小しょう板ばん減げん少しょう症しょうの患かん者じゃ

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Patients with thrombocytopenia tend to bleed more easily.

Kanji

血blood
小little, small
板plank, board, plate
減dwindle, decrease, reduce
少few, little
症symptoms, illness

Related words

血けっ小しょう板ばん
血小板 means 'platelet'; 血小板減少症 is the condition of having too few platelets.
減げん少しょう
減少 means 'decrease' or 'reduction'; it is the core of the compound 血小板減少症.

Built from

血けっ小しょう板ばん減げん少しょう+症

Etymology

Compound of 血小板 (platelet) + 減少 (decrease) + 症 (condition/disease). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the term follows standard medical naming patterns.

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