dysmegakaryocytopoiesis
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
44
Scrabble Score
23
Letters
4
Syllables
14
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Dysfunctional megakaryocytopoiesis; defective maturation of bone marrow progenitor cells into megakaryocytes.
Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "1985, Grover C. Bagby, The Preleukemic Syndrome (Hemopoietic Dysplasia), CRC PressI Llc The marrow also showed megakaryocytosis and severe dysmegakaryocytopoiesis with numerous micromegakaryocytes and micromegakaryoblasts."
- "In addition, dysmegakaryocytopoiesis, iron-laden macrophages, plasma cells and lymphoid infiltrates might be better identified in histologic sections."
- "Dysmegakaryocytopoiesis may include hypolobulated, hyperlobulated, or multinucleated megakaryocytes, or a reduction in their number or size."
- "Dysmegakaryocytopoiesis includes large megakaryocytes with unsegmented nuclei, micromegakaryocytes, and megakaryocytes with two or more small, unconnected nuclei. Megakaryocytes may be decreased in number."
- "Moderate thrombocytopenia due to dysmegakaryocytopoiesis, platelet dysfunction, reticulocytosis, and globin synthesis imbalance resembling beta-thalassemia have been described among patients with X-linked thrombocytopenia with beta-thalassemia."
Etymology
From dys- + megakaryocytopoiesis.
Word Breakdown
- Prefix: dys-
- Suffix: megakaryocytopoiesis
Usage
Inflected Forms
dysmegacaryocytopoiesis (alternative)
Derived Forms
dysmegakaryocytopoietic